Following the 2008 purchase and establishment of the Greenhound building, Remain and the Nantucket Regional Transportation Authority (NRTA) embarked on an expansive partnership that tackled a wide varity of projects all focused on solving transportation challenges using innovative approaches backed by informed data. The team partnered with groups like Norman Garrick, a transportation expert from the University of Connecticut, and his team of graduate students who looked at multimodal transit on the island to inform a convenient and dignified ridership experience and AECom consultants, which led to the implementation of year-round bus service in 2018.

Consultants were also hired to launch an island-wide contest for renaming the NRTA bus system, now named “The Wave.” Remain supported and funded the development of the NRTA app with Transloc and partnered with transportation expert Susan Richard on efforts including rebranding, increasing ridership, and launching The Ferry Connector, Park and Ride lots and The Rider’s Guide. Remain funded NRTA’s Alternative Fare Collection Study conducted by AECOM, a multinational infrastructure consulting firm.

In 2021, the Town of Nantucket purchased the Greenhound building. “We are so grateful to Remain for supporting public transportation on the island,” said Libby Gibson, Nantucket Town Manager, at the time. “Over the past three years, we’ve expanded our services and demonstrated not only the viability of year-round transit service but the also the critical role NRTA plays in our community.” The sale marked the end of Remain’s oversight of the building but has not stopped the partnership and support of creative thinking for NRTA and multimodal efforts in general.

Under the leadership of NRTA administrator Gary Roberts and with grant support from Remain Nantucket, NRTA is working to electrify its fleet of buses in the system. In addition, NRTA will be piloting a “fare-free” program from April through September 2024, thanks to a state grant obtained by the island transportation agency. The hope is that the pilot program will encourage more people to ride utilize the public transportation network.