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Board discusses Freebie microtransit data, grocery access and park-and-ride ideas
Summary
Board members discussed early data from Freebie, the city’s microtransit partner, and raised requests for usage data from Palmetto to evaluate grocery-access patterns and whether Freebie could support a downtown grocer or park-and-ride circulation strategy.
CRA board members discussed early operational experience and anecdotal driver reports from Freebie, the microtransit service that now operates jointly for Bradenton and Palmetto. Board members urged staff to collect and analyze ridership and routing data as part of a six-month data-collection period already under way with the City of Palmetto.
A board member described personal experience using Freebie and said the app sometimes assigns drivers who detour through nearby Palmetto grocery stores before traveling into…
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