Greater Portland Metro
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Metro buses extend jetport route and quicken service to Maine Mall
The changes are designed to make the bus service from downtown to the mall faster and make service to and from the jetport more reliable and abundant.
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PublishedMay 8, 2024
Metro to temporarily take over South Portland Bus Service
The operations manager and bus director recently resigned, leaving the service without leadership.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Gorham joins Metro, keeps Husky Line public bus stops open
The Town Council votes to become a member of Greater Portland Metro at a cost of $170,000 this year.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2024
Husky Line bus service for Gorham at crossroads
The town must join the Metro system, at a cost of $170,000 this year, to keep the service open to the public, the executive director says.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2023
Maine Voices: Let there be bus passes!
After 7 years, Portland Adult Education students are riding the bus for free. The efforts of numerous good people brought this to fruition.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Campaign spotlights oft-ignored yield-to-bus law
It's not optional – if a Metro bus is flashing its yield sign, let it in. That's the message of a new campaign designed to get people to comply with a 2019 law.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
New bus route linking Gorham, Westbrook, Portland under consideration
GPCOG is studying a new METRO line with more buses and more stops.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Bus services halve fares to get riders back on board
Greater Portland Metro, South Portland Bus Service and Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit will cut fares from March 1 through Sept. 30 in hopes of getting ridership back to pre-pandemic levels.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
Regional transit agencies get on board, OK $8 million spending plan
Some of the groups had held up the funding when they couldn't agree on how to divvy up the American Recovery Plan money to make public transit more frequent, reliable and convenient to use in hopes of boosting ridership.
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PublishedApril 28, 2022
Planned bus fare holiday stalls over dispute among Portland-area transit agencies
Bus, train and ferry operators opposed to a federal relief spending plan have withheld their signatures from a letter required to release the money.
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