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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

  • Leave The Driving To The Pros Take The Sunrunner To The 20th Annual Firestone Grand Prix Of St Petersburg

    Leave the Driving to the Pros: Take the SunRunner to the 20th Annual Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28th, 2024 Leave the Driving to the Pros: Take the SunRunner to the 20th Annual Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg PSTA also Debuts New Promotional Video Featuring Local Race Driver, 15-year-old Nikita…

  • This Spring Break Skip Paying To Park Bypass Traffic By Riding With Psta

    This Spring Break Skip Paying to Park & Bypass Traffic by Riding with PSTA   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20th, 2024   This Spring Break Skip Paying to Park & Bypass Traffic by Riding with PSTA    **Media Ride-alongs available per request**    St. Petersburg, FL“Hundreds of thousands of spring breakers head to Florida every…

  • Sunrunner To Be Fare Free For Localtopia

    SunRunner to be Fare-Free for Localtopia   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8th, 2024   SunRunner to be Fare-Free for Localtopia SunRunner service will aid in transportation for the estimated over 40,000 attendees   St. Petersburg, FL—Today, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) announced the SunRunner, one of PSTA’s most popular routes in terms of ridership,…

  • Psta Offering Free Rides On Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day And Will Debut A Newly Wrapped Bus

    PSTA Offering Free Rides on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Will Debut a Newly Wrapped Bus   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10th, 2024   PSTA Offering Free Rides on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Will Debut a Newly Wrapped Bus Pinellas County, FL – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) is offering…

  • Get Ready To Rumble With Psta

    Get Ready to Rumble with PSTA   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10th, 2024 Get Ready to Rumble with PSTA SunRunner and Looper services will aid in transportation for the estimated 40,000 attendees   St. Petersburg, FL—The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) makes traffic easier for the highly anticipated WWE Royal Rumble by offering fast and…

  • Need A Ride On New Years Eve Psta Has You Covered

    Need a Ride on New Year’s Eve? PSTA has You Covered!   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 26th, 2023 Need a Ride on New Year’s Eve? PSTA has You Covered! PSTA Offering Free Extended Service on New Year’s Eve   Pinellas County, FL—Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) is offering free transportation options on New Year’s Eve, ensuring that everyone…

  • Psta Debuts New Electric Buses Thanks To Volkswagens Pollution Pumping Punishment

    PSTA Debuts New Electric Buses Thanks to Volkswagen’s Pollution-Pumping Punishment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1st, 2023   PSTA Debuts New Electric Buses Thanks to Volkswagen’s Pollution-Pumping Punishment  New Buses Are Part of PSTA’s Bold Sustainable Step: Replacing 60 Diesel Buses with Electric Ones   ST. PETERSBURG, FL—Volkswagen is paying up, and that’s good news for Pinellas…

  • Sunrunner Fare Free For The Burg S Biggest Halloween Celebration

    SunRunner Fare-Free for the ‘Burg’s Biggest Halloween Celebration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17th, 2023   SunRunner Fare-Free for the ‘Burg’s Biggest Halloween Celebration   St. Petersburg, FL—The Tampa Bay region’s first-of-its-kind bus-rapid-transit line, the SunRunner, will be fare-free for the 3rd annual Halloween on Central. As the official mode of transportation for the event, ghouls…

  • City Of St Petersburg Funds New Free Bus Rides To Help Low Income Residents Get To Work

    City of St. Petersburg Funds New Free Bus Rides to Help Low-Income Residents Get to Work FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5th, 2023   City of St. Petersburg Funds New Free Bus Rides to Help Low-Income Residents Get to Work   St. Petersburg, FL—The St. Petersburg City Council today funded free bus rides specifically for work,…

  • Media Advisory Leadership Psta To Host Community Resource Summit For Pinellas County Residents

    Media Advisory: Leadership PSTA to Host Community Resource Summit for Pinellas County Residents FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29th, 2023   Media Advisory: Leadership PSTA to Host Community Resource Summit for Pinellas County Residents   Pinellas County, FL—Leadership PSTA, a leadership development program at the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, will be hosting a Community Resource Summit…