The hose ramp spanning Beach Road at Five Corners in Tisbury has been removed, beating the deadline imposed by the town. The ramp, which was in place for about a month and a half, caused at least one bicycle accident, a number of vehicular mishaps and triggered discord between the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), […]
Transit authority administrator Angie Gompert lauded the clean-energy benefits of an electric fleet.
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Among a series of speakers at the festive event, veteran VTA driver Andre Bonnell had the crowd laughing as he described the agency’s conversion from diesel to electric as going from the “Fred Flintstone-vintage to the George Jetson” era of transit.
The VTA now has 12 all-electric buses operating on Island and another four are scheduled for delivery in June, according to agency spokesman Colin Ouderkirk.
The project unveiled Friday at the agency’s A street, Edgartown facility adds solar canopy charging and an energy storage system, which officials hailed as a game-changer for the VTA.
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VTA Administrator Angie Gompert joins members of the VTA advisory board in cutting the ribbon to a new charging facility.
VTA administrator Angie Gompert.
MassDOT Acting Administrator of Rail and Transit, Meredith Slesinger spoke at the ceremony.
The crowd at the ceremony Friday.
A new VTA solar canopy.
VTA advisory board chair Alice Butler said there is a fleet of 12 electric buses presently and four more are coming next month.
The Vineyard Transportation Authority held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday for a series of solar canopies it erected at its facility at the Airport Business Park.
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U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton: We re moving these projects forward in the process to deliver on some of my top goals: easing traffic, giving people more freedom and options to move about beyond cars, and addressing the chronic lack of mental health care. (Shutterstock)
BEVERLY, MA Mental health support, as well as public and alternative transportation and infrastructure programs, were among the 17 North Shore projects nominated for up to $40 million in federal funds.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Salem) released his list of appropriation nominations for the state s 6th Congressional District on Friday.
Moulton s office said the project requests are divided into two types: Community Project Funding, which are projects that he sent to the House Committee on Appropriations, and Member Designated Projects, which are sent to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Martha’s Vineyard Airport officials are denouncing pending state legislation that would require Massachusetts airports to impose a $1,000 fee on any personal, corporate-owned, or charter rental aircraft that touch down. The money from the fee would be invested in state infrastructure that has been affected by climate change. The bill, which is being presented by […]