Starting Monday, the Vineyard Transit Authority is piloting a new microtransit service for up-Island passengers, available seven days a week.
Vineyard Transit Authority
Noah Asimow
Edgartown selectmen advanced transportation projects both by land and by sea on Monday, including a new down-Island water taxi service.
Vineyard Transit Authority

2017

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.

2015

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.

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