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Email: sweaver@psta.net
Office: 727-540-1853
Cell: 727-249-6542

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Past Press Releases

  • Psta Temporarily Goes Fare Free In Response To Covid 19 Beginning Tomorrow March 19th 2020

    PSTA Temporarily Goes Fare-Free in Response to COVID-19 Beginning Tomorrow March 19th, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 18, 2020   PSTA Temporarily Goes Fare-Free in Response to COVID-19 Beginning Tomorrow March 19th, 2020   St. Petersburg, Fla – Due to the growing threat of COVID-19 Coronavirus, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) is temporarily going fare-free on…

  • Psta Suspends Special Clearwater Beach Spring Break Trolley Services

    PSTA Suspends Special Clearwater Beach Spring Break Trolley Services FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 20, 2020   PSTA Suspends Special Clearwater Beach Spring Break Trolley Services   Clearwater, Fla – Following the Pinellas County Commissioners decision to close public beaches effective tonight at 11:59 p.m., the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) has announced it will immediately discontinue the free…

  • Psta Steps Up Fight Against Human Trafficking

    PSTA Steps up Fight Against Human Trafficking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 8th, 2020 PSTA Steps up Fight Against Human Trafficking January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month   St. Petersburg, FL – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) is training its drivers to recognize when passengers may be victims of human trafficking.  PSTA bus operators are being…

  • Psta Receives Grant To Fight Human Trafficking

    PSTA Receives Grant to Fight Human Trafficking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 29th, 2020     St. Petersburg, FL – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) was awarded $43,630 in federal grants today to combat human trafficking. The funds, which were announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will further train PSTA bus…

  • Psta Receives Grant From Fta To Integrate Direct Connect Into Transit App

    PSTA Receives Grant from FTA to Integrate Direct Connect into Transit app FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2020 PSTA Receives Grant from FTA to Integrate Direct Connect into Transit app   St. Petersburg, Fla – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) received a $120,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA)…

  • Psta Prepares For Tropical Storm Eta

    PSTA Prepares for Tropical Storm Eta FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 11, 2020  PSTA PREPARES FOR TROPICAL STORM ETA BUS SERVICE REMAINS IN EFFECT, UNLESS WINDS REACH 40 MILES PER HOUR  St. Petersburg, Fla – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is preparing for Tropical Storm Eta. Bus service is scheduled to remain open, but PSTA will halt service if the…

  • Psta Named A Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Business By The League Of American Bicyclists

    PSTA Named a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 9, 2020 PSTA Named a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American BicyclistsPSTA First Transportation Organization to Receive this Award   St. Petersburg, Fla – Today, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority…

  • Psta Launches First Of Its Kind Autonomous Vehicle Pilot In Tampa Bay Region

    PSTA Launches First of its Kind Autonomous Vehicle Pilot in Tampa Bay Region FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2020 PSTA Launches First of its Kind Autonomous Vehicle Pilot in Tampa Bay RegionAVA will begin serving the public on November 25th on Bayshore Drive   St. Petersburg, Fla – Today, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA),…

  • Psta Joins Public Transit Systems Around The Country In Urging Congress To Savepublictransit

    PSTA Joins Public Transit Systems Around the Country in Urging Congress to #SavePublicTransit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2020 PSTA Joins Public Transit Systems Around the Country in Urging Congress to #SavePublicTransitAPTA-organized day of action and engagement will take place on Tuesday, December 15   St. Petersburg, FL– Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) is joining…

  • Psta Introduces New Essential Workers Program

    PSTA Introduces New Essential Workers Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 27, 2020   PSTA Introduces New Essential Workers Program   St. Petersburg, Fla – Due to the growing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) has created a new program to get essential workers to their place of employment. The program is for essential businesses whose employees rely on…