Starting Monday, the Vineyard Transit Authority is piloting a new microtransit service for up-Island passengers, available seven days a week.
A $1.75 million federal grant announced last week will help the Vineyard Transit Authority as it changes over its bus fleet to electric vehicles.
With contract talks set for next month, a small group of Vineyard Transit Authority bus drivers and union officials staged an informational picket Saturday morning at Five Corners, advocating for better pay and working conditions.
The driver of a Vineyard Transit Authority bus that struck two pedestrians on Church street in Edgartown last month will face no charges, Edgartown police said.
Contract talks between the company that hires drivers for the Vineyard Transit Authority and the union that represents them are set to begin next month.
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.
