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A PRT looks at 50: WVU's 'Ride of the Future' still moving people

MORGANTOWN – They would never admit it, but the folks responsible for keeping West Virginia University’s little blue Personal Rapid Transit cuboids (PRT) plugging along must certainly be embroiled in a kind of love-hate relationship. One of those, ‘Sure, he can be a cantankerous ...

Status of 2024 earmarks uncertain

MORGANTOWN -- The continuing resolution signed into law this past week averted a government shutdown, but may have closed the door on a number of projects across West Virginia. As previously reported, the temporary spending plan did not include any fiscal year 2025 congressionally directed ...

Congressional funds help keep PRT going

We’re thrilled to hear that West Virginia University will receive $6.4 million in congressionally directed spending to refurbish the PRT guideway and stations. The PRT is as much a part of Morgantown’s landscape as WVU itself or the Monongahela River, with its guideways winding around ...

PRT open again after Saturday closure

West Virginia University officials confirmed the PRT was closed Saturday, Nov. 11 because of a power rail failure at the Walnut Street station. Rumors of a fire on the tracks circulated after a video was posted to social media, but officials say it was an electric arc caused by the power ...

Proposed changes to Route 29 Greyline

Mountain Line Transit Authority is proposing changes to Route 29 Grey Line, which will provide three daily trips between Morgantown and Pittsburgh seven days a week beginning July 1. Proposed changes to the Grey Line schedule also include the elimination of service to Towers and the ...

Mountain Line Work

Anderson Excavating continues to work on a $1.2 million project to replace all the existing asphalt around the transit authority’s Westover hub, 691 Fairmont Road. Project Manager Bob Pingley previously said the work will be broken down to address multiple areas. The asphalt in all ...

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