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Sweetwater outlines plans to shorten trolley waits, study routes and widen critical road
Summary
The City of Sweetwater told the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust it plans an origin‑and‑destination study to shorten 90‑minute trolley headways, modernize stops and shelters and pursue road widenings to reduce bottlenecks as new residential projects increase daytime population.
The City of Sweetwater presented its municipal transit update on June 25, telling the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust it will commission an origin‑and‑destination study and explore route changes, new rider information systems and infrastructure improvements to increase trolley frequency and reliability.
Scott Mendelsberg, Sweetwater finance director, said the city runs a single trolley route that serves the northern edge near Dolphin Mall, travels into Florida International University and runs east–west through the city. He said the system recorded about 54,225 rides in the last year and that the top‑performing volunteer “CITT ambassador” in May earned 13,700 ambassador points (the ambassador program was described earlier in the…
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