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By ALEXA LEWIS

Fare-free bus rides could be here to stay now that millions of dollars have been set aside in the state budget that will allow transit authorities statewide to waive fees — and politicians and others who support the idea say it has the potential to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Transit services are set to expand throughout the region next year, with more than $3 million in state grants awarded to transit authorities in the Pioneer Valley and surrounding areas to improve connections across routes.These expansions come as part...

SPRINGFIELD — Pioneer Valley Transit Authority buses throughout Hampden County could grind to a halt in the coming days if a strike is authorized by workers at the Springfield Service Area Garage, but PVTA’s operations throughout Hampshire County,...

By Alexa Lewis

PIONEER VALLEY — Pioneer Valley Transit Authority riders will travel for free this summer. In celebration of authority’s 50 years of service, deemed their “Golden Year Anniversary,” all rides have been prepaid starting on Saturday, June 1, and...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Public transportation services will soon expand and improve throughout the region thanks to an influx of state money that the two transit authorities that cover Hampshire and Franklin counties will use to buy new accessible vehicles and implement...

SPRINGFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) will offer pre-paid weekend service through the end of May. No fares or passes will be needed for PVTA bus and paratransit services on Saturdays and Sundays.Additionally, PVTA will be piloting...

By EMILY THURLOW

AMHERST — After months of searching for a home for a Craig’s Doors shelter guest who uses state rental vouchers, Jack Myers was excited to find an available unit and set up a tour.However, when Myers arrived to tour the rental unit, the guest was...

It should come as no surprise that the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority was forced to make service reductions on bus routes as it faced a $1.2 million budget shortfall heading into the new fiscal year. For one, the state has failed to meet a...

By Rebecca Mullen

SPRINGFIELD — After weeks of rising alarm over its proposed route cuts, the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority advisory board on Wednesday adopted a revised plan to eliminate four of its 63 bus routes and reduce service to nine more. Spared the ax were...

By Sarah Gardner

SPRINGFIELD — They came with a simple message for Pioneer Valley Transit Authority: Give us more bus options, not less.As the PVTA’s advisory board prepared to meet Wednesday in Springfield, 16 people stood outside to protest proposed cuts to bus...

There’s an old saying that a leader always should try to leave a place better than he or she found it. That’s exactly what Mary MacInnes did as longtime administrator of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority — and then some.MacInnes, who retired April...