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Sarasota County: federal grant rules limit bus rentals and current infrastructure delays electric-bus adoption
Sarasota County Government · February 25, 2026
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Summary
County officials said federal grant restrictions bar Breeze from renting buses for private events, and that current routes and station infrastructure make a near-term switch to electric buses impractical without a costly overhaul.
Sarasota County officials said Breeze cannot rent county buses for private events because federal grant conditions prohibit using public funds to compete with the private charter bus industry, Miranda Lansdale said.
“ We do use grants to pay for quite a bit of what we…
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