04/23/2018
Excited to be helping with the implementation of year-round bus service on Nantucket. Heading up to the island this week to help kick off the service. This article is from the local newspaper's on line edition today.
Year-round NRTA service starts Friday
By Peter Sutters
I&M Staff Writer
Posted at 11:53 AM
Updated at 12:13 PM
(April 19, 2018) When the Nantucket Regional Transit Authority buses hit the streets Friday, April 27, they will continue to roll into the winter and beyond, as year-round service has come to the island.
“We are trying to offer an alternative mode of transportation to solve our traffic problems and offer year-round residents a reliable public-transportation service,” Select Board vice-chair Dawn Hill Holdgate said.
The service will be pared down from routes available in the summer, but will include the mid-island loop, the Miacomet loop and the Sconset loop via Old South Road.
Those routes account for 60 percent of the ridership for seasonal service and already have the longest seasons. Routes like Madaket and Surfside stop running as beach weather comes to an end in September.
The service will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the week and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekends. The mid-island loop and Miacomet loops will be on a half-hour basis and the Sconset via Old South Road will be 40- to 60-minute loops. The bus will only make five trips to Sconset a day, with the rest of those trips turning around at the end of Nobadeer Farm road and heading back into town.
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Year-round Service Celebration
Where: The Greenhound Building, 10 Washington St.
When: 10 a.m. Friday, April 27
What: A community celebration to mark the beginning of year-round Nantucket Regional Transit Authority bus service.
Who: All are welcome.