by Miles Taylor | Sep 26, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
While other UMass routes get insanely busy at peak periods, the 33 is always just kinda…there. During UMass’s rush hour, packed 60-foot 30 and 31 buses truck students out to off-campus apartments, while the 33 just trundles through with a marginal amount...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 25, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Oho, you can tell from that title that we’re in for a good one today, folks! Oh man, it’s good to be back in the world of deviatory minibus semi-flex services. Dear viewers, let’s see what the Nash-a-wan-nuck Express has to...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 24, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Ehhh, the B6 is just kind of a boring route. Sorry, I don’t have anything exciting to say for the intro… The back of the bus at Union Station. We went down the main drag of Main Street for a while, at least until some tall buildings at Harrison Ave. There,...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 23, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Wow, how lucky was I to make it onto the R14’s one Saturday trip that deviates to the Heritage Nursing Home? Pretty darn awesome, I gotta say! Of course, there’s lots more to the route than that once-a-Saturday deviation… Boarding at Union...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 20, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Thank goodness for my B23 being 20 minutes early! I was prepared to wait a really long time for the next R10, but thanks to a ridiculously early bus, I had time to both review the Olver Transit Pavilion and catch the previous R10! This is a route that runs every...
