by Miles Taylor | Oct 20, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
As I continue to work on my big review that I know all of you will like quite a lot, let’s take a look at a defunct PVTA route! The R27 was eliminated pretty soon after I left Amherst, so I’m glad I got the opportunity to ride it – and it was hard to...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 17, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The G1 is honestly the most legit-feeling bus route on the PVTA. Sure, the B7 is busier and more frequent, but the deviations along the route still make it feel like an RTA. The G1, meanwhile, could honestly pass for a T bus route in Boston, at least for most of...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 10, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The G3 is the least “trunky” of the three routes that run from one end of the system to the other via Union Station. I mean, more than half of the northern G3 parallels the X90 (although I would love for that to change), while the southern section ends on...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 8, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The X90 has a split personality, both literally and figuratively. The literal part is that it’s split into two branches, the X90A and X90B. The figurative part is that the southern half of the route is fine, while the northern part of the route is so horrible....
by Miles Taylor | Oct 7, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
We’re getting to some of the PVTA’s really long local routes! The G2 forms a big crescent, running from the Memorial Industrial Park in northeast Springfield, down to Union Station, and back out to southeastern Springfield and East Longmeadow. Let’s...
