A Vineyard Transit Authority bus driver has been fired after he refused to pick up a passenger who is black, the VTA said.

Changes are in the works for the Church street bus station in Edgartown as the VTA prepares for the arrival of electric buses.

The Vineyard Transit Authority has received a $1.2 million federal grant to move forward with a project to add electric buses to its fleet.

The Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority is moving forward with plans to go electric, with an order placed for four battery all-electric buses.

The Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) is moving full-speed ahead to transform its bus fleet to electric battery-powered buses, administrator Angela Grant told the Edgartown selectmen Monday.

Talks may begin again soon for bus drivers with the Vineyard Transit Authority after a National Labor Relations Board ruling last year.

A narrow majority of Vineyard Transit Authority workers have voted not to join the Amalgamated Transit Union. The final vote, cast by secret ballot, was 21 to 18. VTA employees may again seek membership in the ATU in one year.

Citing a long list of concerns that have gone mostly unanswered, Vineyard Transit Authority workers will vote Wednesday on whether to join the Amalgamated Transit Union, a large labor union that represents workers in the United States and Canada.

Riding Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority buses will cost slightly more in the new year.

Yes, it was a record summer for the VTA. The article in the Gazette did not tell of the very courteous and patient drivers all summer!