ElhuyarZientzia#BRTA, makina-erremintaren puntaren puntan: #BIEMH2026. #Tecnalia, #Tekniker, #Ceit, #IDEKO, #Vicomtech eta #Lortek-en proposamen berrienak. #Tknika-ren Tkgune proiektua ere ikusgai:
AaronHUGE stuff out of the #massdot #rtig (regional transit innovation grant)!!!
- #bat microtransit service hours extended, sounds like may also cover for brockton fixed routes late night
- $4 million to #brta / #frta / #pvta to create a "commuter bus network"
- #cata gets to bring back their funny cape ann works route
- cata also gets to add microtransit in rockport weekends/holidays, which seems like a terrible idea with summer demand
- frta access expansion to shutesbury
the #brta is having labor issues too:
some cuts to come next monday the 20th.
the 14 gets cut to only run from 6:30pm-9:50pm, as has often been the case recently
in addition, on weekdays, half of route 21 trips are cut and replaced with express 921 trips, which will begin making local and flag stops rather than being a pure point to point express. however, on saturdays, half the trips are cut with no corresponding boost in service on the 921
BRTA Announces Temporary Service Adjustments and Increased Hiring Incentive to Improve Transit Service Reliability - Berkshire Regional Transit Authority
The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) is announcing temporary service reductions on select bus routes, and an increased employee hiring incentive, aimed at improving the reliability of the public transit system. Due to many factors facing most employers in today’s labor market, including a continued lack of available bus operators, BRTA is temporarily reducing service [ read more … ]
with this change, *every single* #rta operates saturday fixed route service, and 10 out of 15 rtas run or have announced sunday service! just missing the #brta, #cata, #ccrta (seasonal sunday service), #lrta, and #mart now, of which the brta has talked about sunday service, and the lrta has trialed but ended sunday service
speaking of this, the #brta annual customer survey, asks about a few specific routes. some are mundane, like better north adams/pittsfield/great barrington service, but some are wild, like connections to the cdta in schodack, frta in charlemont/greenfield, columbia county transit in hudson, gcmn in bennington (admittedly a two seat ride already exists), and the pvta in northampton.
https://berkshirerta.com/2023/11/28/brta-releases-2023-customer-survey/
BRTA Releases 2023 Customer Survey - Berkshire Regional Transit Authority
PITTSFIELD, MA — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) invites the public to participate in its 2023 Customer Survey! The survey is online at www.bit.ly/brta-survey-2023. Printed survey copies will be available at BRTA’s Intermodal Center located at 1 Columbus Avenue, Pittsfield, MA and by request. The deadline for all responses is Wednesday, January 31, 2024, [ read more … ]
big proposed #brta expansion of night service, with most routes having two round trips added to extend service from 6-7pm to 8-9pm, 6 days a week
21x service has been restructured as the 921, with two round trips in the morning and the afternoon, with spacing a little wider
to be effective february 5th, 2024
more details here: https://berkshirerta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/New-service-effective-2-5-24.pdf
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