by Miles Taylor | Feb 28, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
As we move away from the MWRTA for now, that “W” turns into a “V” and we enter a very different type of system. The bulk of the MVRTA is located in Lawrence, a city where people actually, you know, use the bus (sorry, MWRTA). And all...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 25, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
A downtown shuttle in Lawrence? Sweet, I like that idea! It’s great that Lawrence has the 85 to connect all of downtown’s businesses, houses, and transportation centers alike. Oh wait…it doesn’t serve the Buckley Transportation Center on...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 23, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Hoo boy, these MetroWest towns are starting to get to me. A few reviews ago, I covered a route that went to Holliston…now here’s one that goes to HOPKINTON? They sound so similar! So here’s the 5, a bus that goes to Hollis-wait, Hopkinton. My bad!...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 17, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Back at the end of August 2016, the MWRTA quietly added a new route to its network: the 14, a loop around the town of Milford. The only advertising it got, as far as I could find, was a few small articles in local newspapers. This doesn’t seem to have...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 15, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh geez, how do I come up with a catchy introduction for a route to a town as uninteresting as Holliston? Eh, I’m not even gonna try. Here’s the 6! The bus coming into the Blandin Hub. We left the Blandin Hub onto Blandin Ave, then turned onto Waverly...
