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Metro Breez
The Metro Breez (stylized METRO BREEZ) is an Public transport bus service, express bus service in Southern Maine, United States, provided by Greater Portland Metro. It runs thirteen times on weekdays and six times on Saturdays between Portland, Maine, Portland, the state's largest city, and Brunswick, Maine, Brunswick, around to the northeast, with stops in Yarmouth, Maine, Yarmouth and Freeport, Maine, Freeport. The service was established in 2016, after a successful Pilot experiment, pilot project, via an Act of the 129th Maine Legislature. Its long-term potential was to reduce congestion on Interstate 295 (Maine), Interstate 295, on which the service runs for part of its route. The route initially ran between Portland and Freeport, but was expanded to Brunswick in 2017. Falmouth was removed from the route around the same time; this route was already served by the route 7 ''Falmouth Flyer''. Each bus offers free Wi-Fi. History The project was begun with federal funding from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Portland Metro
The Greater Portland METRO is a regional Public Transportation, public transportation system, established in 1966, in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a Special district (United States), transit district comprising Portland, Maine, Portland, Westbrook, Maine, Westbrook, Falmouth, Maine, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Maine, Yarmouth, Freeport, Maine, Freeport, and Brunswick, Maine, Brunswick, the system also covers Gorham, Maine, Gorham and The Maine Mall portion of South Portland, Maine, South Portland. METRO is Maine's largest public transportation agency. The transit system's annual ridership was 1,850,686 in 2017. As of 2016, METRO operated a fleet of eighteen compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and fourteen diesel buses. It operates and maintains the only CNG fuel station in the state of Maine. History The ancestor to the METRO, the Portland and Forest Avenue Railroad Co., began operating horse-drawn lines in 1860. They were upgraded to streetcars in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
