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PSTA’s Universal Pass program is helping schools and organizations in our community provide free transportation for students, employees, and neighbors! PSTA prides itself on being an active member of the community, and nowhere is that more evident than with our Universal Pass program, also known as “UPASS.” Through the UPASS program, schools, hotels, and employers…

Hear from new and veteran bus operators what operating a bus for PSTA is really all about! After a long hiatus, the Behind the Wheel series is back, telling the individual stories of PSTA employees and riders. And for this entry, we wanted to focus on the people whose jobs are at the very heart…

PSTA is honing in on a newly redesigned bus network, and we want to take you through all the details! As mentioned in our previous blog about how we launch new services, PSTA conducts a community bus plan every five years to assess our current transit conditions and set future goals for our bus network.…

With all the exciting new services PSTA is launching this year, we wanted to give you an inside look at how the sausage is made! Staying on the cutting edge of transit technologies and innovation is a huge focus for PSTA, especially when our community voices specific needs. While we pride ourselves on maintaining a…

Transit maps have the unenviable task of explaining complex systems through simplified maps—none of them are perfect, but PSTA hopes to build a better one! For this installment of Deep Drive, we’re unrolling the maps and diving into the fascinating world of transit maps, how they work, and how PSTA uses them to communicate a…

Have YOU finished your holiday shopping yet? If you’ve still got last-minute holiday shopping ahead of you, may we humbly offer some amazing local small businesses that could use your patronage? It’s been a rough hurricane season for many beloved mom-and-pop stores around Pinellas County. But you can show your support by shopping local—and PSTA…

In this Deep Drive installment, we’ll reflect back on the harrowing two weeks of hurricanes and how the unsung heroes of PSTA showed up for the community. It goes without saying that this past hurricane season has been a challenging one for us all. Two major hurricanes in two weeks had many of us feeling…

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority recently partnered with Retired Narcotics Investigator Lieutenant Dan Zsido to train staff on administering life-saving Narcan. A free Narcan Emergency Rescue Kit provided to employees who participated in Narcan/Naloxone training. In August 2024, 29 PSTA staff gathered in the auditorium for an hour-and-a-half class on Narcan, a drug with the power…

After the eventful merger of CPTA and SPMTS, the newly established Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority had very big shoes to fill and 40 years of innovation ahead. Welcome back to the final installment of our Deep(er) Drive, where we tell the long and fascinating story of public transit in Pinellas County. Spoiler alert: If you…

The trolley era is almost behind us (for now), and mass transit in Pinellas County enters a new era: the time of the bus! Welcome back to our Deep(er) Drive, where we tell the long and fascinating story of public transit in Pinellas County. Warning: spoilers ahead if you haven’t read part 1 (click here to…