getting around Western Mass as a student

allyphoe
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 02:31:28 +0000

We took an Uber between Smith and Mount Holyoke a couple of times when we visited, and it’s a long drive (up one side of the river, across, back down). Much longer than I’d imagined before visiting.

PVTA bus schedule and routes: https://www.fivecolleges.edu/bus
Northampton was very bikeable / walkable.
You can bus to Springfield: https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/visiting-smith/directions
You can Amtrak to any number of places: https://www.amtrak.com/vermonter-train
You can Zipcar: https://www.northamptonma.gov/1528/Zipcar-Northampton