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For breaking news or emergency situations, our media liaison is available around the clock. After hours, please call 727-488-8237 and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Media Inquiries Contact:

Stephanie Weaver
Communications & Public Relations Manager
Email: sweaver@psta.net
Office: 727-540-1853
Cell: 727-249-6542

To request press releases from the archive, please contact the media liaison.

Press Releases

  • Pinellas Bus On Shoulder To Begin Sunday

    Pinellas Bus-on-Shoulder to begin Sunday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2021 Pinellas Bus-on-Shoulder to begin SundayThe I-275 service will be Florida’s first Bus-on-Shoulder Interstate project   St. Petersburg, FL – Service for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)’s first Bus-on-Shoulder program will begin on Sunday, June 6th. The innovative…

  • Psta Rolls Out Bus Wrap Honoring Black History Month

    PSTA Rolls Out Bus Wrap Honoring Black History Month FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2021 PSTA Rolls Out Bus Wrap Honoring Black History Month   St. Petersburg, FL – In Observance of Black History Month, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) has rolled out a new bus wrap featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to…

  • All Psta Routes To Return To Normal Schedule Effective Sunday February 7th

    All PSTA Routes to Return to Normal Schedule Effective Sunday, February 7th FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2021 All PSTA Routes to Return to Normal Schedule Effective Sunday, February 7thService Will Still End At 10 p.m.   St. Petersburg, Fla – Beginning on Sunday, February 7th, 2021 all PSTA routes will return to their normal…

  • Psta Rolls Out Four New Electric Buses

    PSTA Rolls Out Four New Electric Buses FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 1, 2021 PSTA Rolls Out Four New Electric BusesAbout half of the agency’s fleet now electric or hybrid   St. Petersburg, FL – About half of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s fleet is now electric or hybrid with the unveiling of four new electric buses today…

  • Psta Hosts Ada Day For Ava Riders

    PSTA Hosts ‘ADA Day’ for AVA Riders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 25, 2021 PSTA Hosts ‘ADA Day’ for AVA Riders   St. Petersburg, Fla – Today, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), in partnership with Beep and funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), hosted an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) day with various members of…

  • Two Psta Bus Operators Test Positive For Covid 19 115

    Two PSTA Bus Operators Test Positive for COVID-19 (1/15) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2021 Two PSTA Bus Operators Test Positive for COVID-19   St. Petersburg, Fla – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) received notification from two bus operators, that they had tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the twenty-first and twenty-second…

  • Psta Bus Operator Tests Positive For Covid 19 114

    PSTA Bus Operator Tests Positive for COVID-19 (1/14) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2021 PSTA Bus Operator Tests Positive for COVID-19   St. Petersburg, Fla – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) received notification from a bus operator, that the operator had tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the twentieth public-facing employees testing…

  • Two Psta Bus Operators Test Positive For Covid 19 112

    Two PSTA Bus Operators Test Positive for COVID-19 (1/12) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2021 Two PSTA Bus Operators Test Positive for COVID-19   St. Petersburg, Fla – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) received notification from two bus operators, that they had tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the eighteenth and nineteenth…

  • Ava Shuttle Service Temporarily Suspended Due To St Petersburg Power Sailboat Show

    AVA Shuttle Service Temporarily Suspended Due to St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2021 AVA Shuttle Service Temporarily SuspendedDue to St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show   St. Petersburg, Fla – Due to a closure Bayshore Drive for the St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show, AVA’s shuttle service will be…

  • Psta Bus Operator Tests Positive For Covid 19 14

    PSTA Bus Operator Tests Positive for COVID-19 (1/4) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2021 PSTA Bus Operator Test Positive for COVID-19   St. Petersburg, Fla – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) received notification from a bus operator, that the operator had tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the seventeenth public-facing employee testing…