I still think The Villages should consider their own Mass Transit system. Villages-specific shuttles, where people who wish to use it can pay as they go, or buy a monthly/quarterly/yearly pass. A dozen shuttle vans or open-air vehicles (sort of like an open trolley, but road-ready - they had these in Century Village in Deerfield Beach). They run continuously, so there's no "scheduled" pickup or departure. You get to a designated area (town squares, larger rec centers, Savannah, etc), and the shuttle makes stops at the medical centers, shopping centers, other town squares, other rec centers, and so on. They go within their own mapped area in a loop, and you can transfer at meeting points to other loops.
Just like the bus does in the burbs near cities, but on a smaller scale and exclusively for people with villages IDs.
The purpose for this would be to reduce traffic overall. Fewer people driving = lower risks for accidents.
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