METRO Board Chair Sanjay Ramabhadran said integrating bike share with other transit services is a big step in making METRO's transportation system more accessible, equitable, and eco-friendlier.
The MBTA recently released agency-wide goals to guide its work, including a goal focused on reducing environmental impacts and increasing the resilience of the transit system.
According to APTA’s Fare Database, monthly public transit fare prices have not increased since 2020 while prices for new and used cars have increased since the pandemic, and financing costs have increased due to interest rate hikes.
The new liveries will be phased in as the new battery-electric buses start going into service, which is scheduled to begin in 2025.
Board members also voted 10 to 4 to maintain PSTA’s 0.7500 capped tax rate, approving a final budget that preserves 95% of PSTA’s bus routes, as well as its mobility options that assist disabled residents.
The VIA Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a $390.8 million consolidated FY2024 budget that supports improvements to bus and van service.
Leann M. Caver will be directly responsible for the authority’s operating divisions including Fixed Route, Paratransit, and “The Current” On-Demand service.