Demand Service: Onota Lake Effective Monday, July 8th, 2024Demand Service to Onota Lake/Burbank Park will be available on Route 5A. Customers requesting service to the lake must inform the bus operator. Customers requesting a pickup must call BRTA Operations at 413-499-2782 ext 1. [ read more … ]
Announcements: Alerts
The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority will be closed, and regular bus service will not be provided on Thursday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Fixed route service will resume Friday, July 5, 2024. The BRTA Administrative Office at One Columbus Avenue will also be closed and will reopen at 8 AM on Friday, July… [ read more … ]
BRTA’s Administrative Office, located at One Columbus Avenue, will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in observance of Juneteenth Independence Day. The office will reopen Thursday, June 20th. All Berkshire Regional Transit Authority’s (BRTA) fixed route bus service will operate and follow the regular printed schedule on Wednesday, June 19th. Specific schedule or route… [ read more … ]
REISSUED Request for Proposals (RFP 2024-04) Security Guard Services The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) is requesting proposals from qualified firms to perform Security Guard services at the BRTA Bus Station from September 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Additionally, there is a possibility of two one-year extensions to June 30, 2027 at the discretion… [ read more … ]
Want the Charlie Card van at your event? Here is the June schedule. [ read more … ]
Raise Wages, Maintain Benefits, Position for Growth PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) announces the renewal of two Collective Bargaining Agreements with Teamsters’ Local Union 404. These agreements will improve employee pay, maintain benefits, as well as support ongoing recruitment and retainment efforts. Union employees voted to ratify both Agreements in late May… [ read more … ]
The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) announced today that beginning June 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024 all BRTA bus and ADA complementary services would be free thanks to a grant included in the state budget and awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The “Try Transit” initiative will be supported by the state grant… [ read more … ]
All Berkshire Regional Transit Authority administrative offices will be closed, and regular bus service will not be provided on Monday, May 27, 2024 in observance of Memorial Day. All regularly scheduled service will resume at 5:45 AM, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 with the administrative offices reopening at 8 AM. Specific schedule and/or route information may… [ read more … ]