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Evansville commissioners report on regional transportation symposium; propose grassroots rideshare awareness initiative
Summary
Commissioners who attended a regional transportation symposium described audits of local transit resources and proposed a grassroots rideshare/awareness campaign to encourage employers and agencies to invest in local transportation options.
Commission members reported on a transportation symposium held at the DoubleTree hotel, where breakout groups addressed health care, employment and community engagement barriers related to transportation.
Commissioner Michelle Kirk, who attended the symposium, summarized work from the employment breakout and said the group identified short-term, low-cost projects to pursue in three to six months — including an awareness initiative that would document transportation experiences to encourage employer and community investment.
"We would just wanted it to be very low level grassroots where individuals are either recording themselves or they can take someone with them, and so it's just a…
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