BRTA Releases 2023 Customer Survey

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) invites the public to participate in its 2023 Customer Survey.
 
The survey is online at www.bit.ly/brta-survey-2023. Printed survey copies will be available at BRTA's Intermodal Center located at 1 Columbus Avenue, Pittsfield and by request. 
 
The deadline for all responses is Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at 11:59 pm.
 
Survey questions include topics such as current and future bus services, the transit vehicle fleet, express
or regional connection services, demand response services, as well as general customer service expectations and experiences. 
 
Survey answers will help guide BRTA's decision-making processes as the region continues to recover from the pandemic.
 
As a token of appreciation for completing the survey, BRTA will be raffling away $25 gift cards and 7- Day bus passes weekly through Jan 31. A valid email address is required to enter into the raffle; winners will be notified by email. Only one entry per email address. An email address is not required to otherwise, complete the survey.
 

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Dalton Green Committee Recommends Consultant for Action Plan

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee overwhelmingly recommended having Blue Strike Environmental as the town's consultant for its Climate Action Plan during its meeting on Monday. 
 
The town issued a request for proposals on March 27 and received two responses: one from Blue Strike Environmental, a Monterey, Calif., company, and the other from Capsus, an international firm based in Mexico. 
 
The committee wants to develop a climate action plan to achieve net zero by 2050 by seeking strategies to decrease the town's dependence on fossil fuels for homes, businesses, municipal facilities, and vehicles. 
 
The plan should be detailed enough, so the town knows what it needs to do and the timing to complete each subproject on time, the request for proposals said. 
 
During the meeting, committee members numerically rated the consulting firms based on the following categories: relevant experience, staffing plan and methodology, ability to complete projects on time, and proposed plan evaluation. Bluestrike's rating was four times higher across all criteria. 
 
Now that the committee has rated the second part of the bidding process, the bidders will submit the estimated cost of the project. 
 
The contract will be awarded to the firm offering the most "advantageous proposal" that takes into consideration all evaluation criteria and price. 
 
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