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Daily ridership on the Worcester Bus Company had dropped to 20,000 by July 1975, when a two-month strike again nearly collapsed the company. [11] The company lost the Worcester Public Schools bus contract, which it had held for decades, in 1977. [12] The WRTA purchased the company's assets in 1978. [13]
The report referred to the 15 regional transit authorities that cover routes outside of the greater Boston metropolitan area serviced by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as a ...
Briddon — a longtime Worcester Regional Transit Authority bus driver and a part-time Rutland police officer for three years at the time of the alleged assault — was originally charged in 2008.
Officers located a gunshot victim at the Worcester Regional Transit Authority bus hub, 60 Foster St., adjacent to Union Station, near Washington Square, Anderson’s report states.
In 2019, Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) itself began to explore the possibility of running fare-free buses in order to increase ridership and improve transit affordability. [43] Beginning in March 2020, amid the pandemic, WRTA launched an interim fare-elimination program. [42]
An intercity and local bus terminal on the west side of the station, with five bus ports, was added at a cost of $5.2 million and opened in August 2006. [10] In April 2012, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority broke ground on a new regional transit hub adjacent to Union Station. The cost was $14 million, with $10 million coming from the ...
The list excludes charter buses, private bus operators, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. Figures for daily ridership, number of vehicles, and daily vehicle revenue miles are accurate as of 2009 and come from the FTA National Transit Database.
Washington, D.C. planned to eliminate fares on all of the city’s buses beginning this summer, but it has been delayed over budget shortfalls. The transit agency faces a $750 million operating ...