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Darden Rice nominated 2016 PSTA board chair

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In what turned out to be a very close vote, St. Pete City Council member Darden Rice was voted 2016 chair of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority board Wednesday. Rice squeaked by Dunedin Mayor Julie Ward-Bujalski seven votes to six. “I’m tremendously honored,” Rice said of the nomination. “Leadership is so important now.” Bujalski’s defeat in the vote to succeed Clearwater City Council member Bill Jonson to head the board may have stemmed from a controversial motion she made earlier this…

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Central Avenue BRT will serve as St. Pete’s premium transit

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Downtown St. Petersburg will be connected to Pinellas County  beaches via First Avenues North and South with a Bus Rapid Transit line using a $500,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation, according to the state agency. During a sunny news conference in front of one of Central Avenue’s many wall murals, FDOT Secretary Paul Steinman called the Central Avenue BRT route “premium transit” necessary to create a “fully integrated transportation system.” The new route piggybacks on the existing Central…

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FDOT to kick in $500,000 for Central Avenue BRT

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The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is getting a major boost for one of its most targeted projects. On Monday, state Sen. Jeff Brandes and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Paul Steinman will announce a $500,000 grant to help fund the Central Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project in St. Petersburg. The grant will help pay for final design of the route connecting downtown and the beaches. The route is intended to complement the existing Central Avenue Beach Trolley. The existing route…

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PSTA’s longest serving bus driver steps down after 40 years of service

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The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authorities longest serving bus driver is retiring. Dave Beck has been driving PSTA customers around in buses since 1975. Back then there was no power steering or air conditioning on buses. The hourly wage for then St. Petersburg Municipal Transit System was just more than $2 and rides cost just about ten cents. No one has ever served the transit agency as a bus operator for that long. “It’s been a long journey,” Beck said according…

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PSTA grant application could pave the way for electric buses

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Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority officials are hoping to secure a federal grant that would help pay for nine all-electric buses. The agency is submitting a “lo-no” grant application to the Federal Transit Administration later this week. “Lo-no” stands for low or no emission vehicle. The grant would also pay for charging stations to support running the buses on two of the county’s smaller routes. Those include Route 32, which serves as the downtown St. Pete circular and Route 11 running…

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St. Pete City Council unanimously on board with removing bus stops from Williams Park

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St. Pete City Council voiced its unanimous support for changes to bus routes in downtown that would eliminate the current hub of bus stops cluttering Williams Park. A new proposed route system is planned to kickoff on Valentine’s Day that would instead create a grid system spreading bus stops out throughout downtown rather than having them all pour in to one spot. Williams Park has served as a transit hub for more than 50 years. Officials have been trying to…

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PSTA’s tough decision on hybrid bus purchase leads to greater tech focus

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It wouldn’t be unreasonable to say the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority has kept up with its field’s technological trends. The PSTA boasts of a more robust hybrid bus fleet than any other public transit system in the state; all of its buses offer free Wi-Fi; and GPS trackers in each bus make it possible for riders to track their bus’ current and exact location. However, PSTA’s board of directors think they can do even better. To get there, they’ve decided to…

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