Starting Monday, the Vineyard Transit Authority is piloting a new microtransit service for up-Island passengers, available seven days a week.
From Nov. 24 to March 31, rides on the Vineyard Transit Authority will be free. Insteading of paying $1.25 per town for a ride, passengers can hop on the Island’s bus system without paying any fares as part of the “try transit” program sponsored by the state legislature.
A Vineyard Transit Authority bus sideswiped a minivan on Lambert's Cove Road in West Tisbury Saturday afternoon.
The Vineyard Transit Authority’s bus driver union claims the VTA administrator is wrongly been involved in the day-to-day operations of the authority and union’s ongoing contract negotiations.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission pitched the Edgartown select board Monday on an effort to use Vineyard Transit Authority electric bus batteries as a potential power source for water pumps in emergencies.
Nearly one month after the Rockland Trust robbery, police have arrested three suspects. It's possible none of them would be in custody without the timely passing of a VTA bus on the morning of Nov. 17.
Plans to install two inductive electric bus chargers on Music street in West Tisbury hit a snag last week, after the town select board pushed back on a proposed location change.
