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Springfield, MA 01107: Locale: Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts: Service area: Hampden and Hampshire counties: Service type: Bus: Routes: 46 (as of January 2023) Hubs: Springfield Union Station; Holyoke Transportation Center; Westfield Olver Transit Pavilion; Northampton Academy of Music; UMass Haigis Mall / Fine Arts Center / Studio Arts Building ...
Bronze re-dedication plaque at the Union Station Transportation Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The PVTA was the first transportation operator to use the renovated station; it began operations there on June 24, 2017, leasing 18 bus berths. [12] Peter Pan and Greyhound buses began operating out of Union Station on September 6, 2017.
UMass Transit operates as a contractor for the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA), which is headquartered in Springfield, the largest municipality of the region.This setup exists because PVTA, as a regional transit authority established under Chapter 161B of the Massachusetts General Statutes, is forbidden under Section 25 of the same statute from operating routes directly.
This “try transit initiative” brings free public transportation to 13 regions across the state, including the PVTA and Franklin Regional Transit Authority, from November 1 through June 30, 2025.
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Wu's August 2020 proposal for a Boston Green New Deal incorporated a call for Boston to pursue fare-free public transportation. [4] Crediting Councilwoman Wu as a leader on free public transit, in January 2021, the editorial board of The Boston Globe endorsed the idea of making Boston's buses fare-free. [ 5 ]
Until Amtrak discontinued all mail-hauling operations in 2005, the postal distribution center in Springfield, MA was a significant customer. Up until about the year 2000, Springfield was served by a dedicated mail train which would run overnight up the Inland Route to Springfield. After this train was canceled, mail cars were instead added to ...
The Springfield Street Railway (SSR) was an interurban streetcar and bus system operating in Springfield, Massachusetts as well as surrounding communities with connections in Agawam, Blandford, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Russell, Ware, Westfield, and West Springfield. With the first modern streetcars ...