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Public transportation

Published
July 30, 2021

Inflation stalls Maine infrastructure projects including new ferry for Peaks Island

The agency that runs Casco Bay ferries spent 5 years putting together $15 million in funding to replace its 30-year-old Machigonne II. The sole bid for the new boat came in at more than $22 million.
Published
July 23, 2021

Regional planners approve Portland-Gorham rapid transit study

The study, to be paid for with $800,000 of federal pandemic relief funds, is a step toward potentially 'transformative' regional public transportation, they said.
Published
July 22, 2021

Mask mandate on public transportation is driving confusion and some confrontation

Although masks have not been required in most public settings in Maine for weeks, riders still must wear them on buses, trains and other mass transit.
Published
July 18, 2021

The View From Here: Portland is at a crossroads (again)

Even a magazine’s puffery noted the tensions at work as Maine’s largest city looks to the future.
Published
June 29, 2021

Commentary: Fund public transit, not more roads

We should stop subsidizing sprawl and spend those savings on our resource-starved mass transit systems.

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Published
June 9, 2021

Proposal to extend passenger rail into Androscoggin County picks up steam among state legislators

Bills to fund studies of service to Lewiston, Bangor and more are moving toward approval and could lay groundwork for federal aid down the tracks.
Published
June 6, 2021

The View From Here: We don’t have to drive

But if we insist on building our world around cars, we have to be more responsible about how we choose to get around.
Published
May 25, 2021

Million-dollar battery could help charge Casco Bay hybrid ferry

Adding energy storage could offer lessons for how to charge electric public transit fleets, from ferries to buses.
Published
April 25, 2021

Interactive map helps find transportation to vaccine providers
Published
April 20, 2021

Maine Voices: Let’s direct transportation resources to help our most vulnerable

Options should be available to people who choose to move around Maine communities using something besides an automobile.