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Residents press commission on paratransit as city approves federally funded RTS solar canopy
Summary
At a public hearing on the Regional Transit System program, a resident urged a town hall and restoration of door-to-door paratransit and evacuation service; commissioners and RTS staff said the solar canopy is federally funded to generate power for the RTS building and could reduce operating costs. The commission approved the solar canopy RFP award and program-of-projects authorizations.
A resident urged the Gainesville City Commission to hold ongoing town halls on paratransit and to restore door‑to‑door and hurricane‑evacuation services during public comment at the April 16 meeting, while commissioners voted to authorize transit grant applications and to award a federally funded solar canopy project intended to lower RTS operating costs.
The public commenter, identified in the record as a resident, told the commission that paratransit riders are being stranded, that tickets remain unresolved and that some programs previously provided by MV (an earlier vendor) — including an evacuation program — are not being offered. The commenter said repeated requests for a dedicated public forum on paratransit had gone unanswered and urged monthly…
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