Tag: ECAT
Help plan future of ECAT
In October 2020, representatives from Escambia County Area Transit  (ECAT) launched ‘Your Service, Your Say,’ a project focused on improving the future of public transportation…
ECAT announces route to south Santa Rosa
Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, ECAT will launch bus Route 20 to help transport passengers between Escambia County and the City of Gulf Breeze. The Pensacola…
Breaking news: ECAT driver dies of COVID
From the ATU 1395 that represents ECAT bus drivers: “It’s with sadness I must report that ATU Local 1395 has lost a member and our…
Breaking news: ECAT to be tested for COVID
The Florida Department of Health is setting up testing for ECAT employees for Thursday and Friday after an ECAT driver tested positive for COVID-19. ECAT…
Lowery disputes Gilley’s statement
Michael Lowery, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, has asked Escambia County Commission chairman Steve Barry for an investigation of COVID-19 employee safety and…
Poof! ECAT special district vanishes
PENSACOLA: The Escambia County Area Transit Authority special district has been dissolved. The Escambia County Board of County Commissioner scrapped the special district overseeing mass…
ECAT melodrama: Underhill changes tune, workers speak out
The ECAT/Underhill melodrama continues. The Board of County Commissioners will consider today repealing the dependent special district.
Underhill uses special district vote to push his anti-ECAT agenda
PENSACOLA: Last night, WEAR TV made it seem that the dissolution of the Special District for ECAT would amount to the county taking control of…
Workers protest county takeover of ECAT
PENSACOLA – On the eve of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners’ Oct. 3 meeting, Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) workers today will hold a…
Transit union claims agreement, county says negotiations still open
Michael A. Lowery, the president and business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, AFL-CIO, says the union had reached a labor agreement at…
ATU Local 1395 withdraws First Amendment lawsuit after BCC vote
Mike Lowery, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, told his membership this weekend that he had authorized the union’s attorneys to withdrew its First…
Crittenden named County’s mass transit director
Escambia County took another step towards taking over management of Escambia County Area Transit, a move that may save nearly a million dollars according to…
Underhill: ‘Vagina hat’ comment creates a stir
Escambia Commission chairman Doug Underhill created a social media controversy when he asked one of his critics whether she was “one of those people walking…
ECAT impacts the lives of real people
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Every morning around six the ECAT buses start their routes. A local rider, Joy Hall, takes that six a.m. bus to…
Podcast: Transit Town Hall
Here is our broadcast of the first part of the Transit Town Hall:
Over 400 people show support for ECAT
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 had a huge turnout for its town hall at Pensacola State College. The head count was 430 bus riders, drivers…
Inweekly, News Talk 1370 WCOA to broadcast ECAT Town Hall
Inweekly and News Talk 1370 WCOA will partner to broadcast the ECAT Town Hall next Monday as part of “Pensacola Speaks.” The town hall will…
Ten years ago, City and County debated swapping libraries for buses
In August 2007, Pensacola City Council and the Escambia Board of County Commissioners held a joint meeting to discuss the West Florida Public Library system…
ECAT launches youth initiatives
Summer art contest and free youth pass get young riders involved: Representatives from Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) today announced the launch of their summer…
ECAT unveils new website with online trip planner
Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) representatives unveiled a newly-designed ECAT website and online trip planner to the community at an Oct. 27 event. With the…
