Worcester Regional Transit Authority

The Worcester Regional Transit Authority zero-fare bus program will continue at least until June of 2024. 

A new report by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, Inc. encourages the Worcester Regional Transit Authority to continue with its fare-free program, arguing the cost of collecting fares would be more expensive than simply not having them.

On Thursday morning, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority board voted unanimously to continue its free fare program through the entirety of 2022, and began laying out a plan for a longer term solution.

The board of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority public transportation system voted on Thursday morning to extend its fare-free system through Jan. 1.

The Worcester Regional Transit Authority will receive $5 million in federal funding to support operations during the coronavirus pandemic, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) announced in a Tuesday press release.

Officials from the Worcester Regional Transit Authority have announced the transportation authority will not go fare-free this year.

In a new report, the Worcester Regional Research Bureau said the WRTA should be free.

Ofo, the Chinese company that brought a swarm of yellow rentable bikes to Worcester last year, is folding its operations in Massachusetts amid a much broader retrenchment.

Supporters of public bus transit in the Worcester area are warning of "death spiral" in services and say underfunding of regional transit authorities also looms as a threat in the Springfield, Merrimack Valley and other areas.

A three-story 45,900-square-foot medical office building has been approved for a Grove Street site in Worcester long used for metal fabrication.