Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2190014)

Instead of using Uber or Lyft, why aren't the trolleys used for public transportation? The initial route would be from Spanish Springs to Sawgrass with stops at Lake Sumter and Brownwood.

If you left at 8 am, you should be able to return from Sawgrass at 9:30.

You would leave at 8 am, 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm, and 8 pm and return at 9:30, 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30. If it works, you could add additional routes.

Or if you had two trolleys, one could start from Spanish Springs going south and one could start at Sawgrass going north.

This would allow people to go to the Squares, restaurants, grocery stores, shops, and doctor appointments without having to drive.

You would charge a small amount $3 to $5 a trip and perhaps the government would provide some funding to stop global warming.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2190401)

I think that if the developer thought this was economically viable they would have done this already.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2190401)

I think that if the developer thought this was economically viable they would have done this already.

Originally Posted by pauld315 (Post 2189955)

I guess you haven't taken a ride in a golf cart from way down in the new sections all the way to The Sharon and back at night to see a show. It is a good 45 minutes to an hour each way.

Originally Posted by joelfmi (Post 2190110)

That is one of the reasons that people that Cannot drive will have difficulty getting around that live there. They need affordable community travel transportation.

Originally Posted by JSR22 (Post 2190822)

People moving here know they need their own transportation or use UBER. You need to stop kicking a dead horse.

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2190830)

I agree that people know they need transportation when they get here. But things change - eyesight gets worse, you may be partially handicapped where you can't drive, or a spouse dies.

There should be some method for these people to go to and from medical appointments, grocery stores, the Squares, etc. It would probably make The Villages more attractive to many people as it would allow people to stay in their homes after they can no longer drive. And it might make it safer on the roads for everyone else.

The county recently paid $2.4 million to put a roof on the horse arena at the County Fairgrounds. I think that the money would be better spent on a form of public transportation.

Other cities have public trolleys that are either free or affordable.

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Originally Posted by JSR22 (Post 2190822)

People moving here know they need their own transportation or use UBER. You need to stop kicking a dead horse.

Originally Posted by JSR22 (Post 2190822)

People moving here know they need their own transportation or use UBER. You need to stop kicking a dead horse.

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2190830)

I agree that people know they need transportation when they get here. But things change - eyesight gets worse, you may be partially handicapped where you can't drive, or a spouse dies.

There should be some method for these people to go to and from medical appointments, grocery stores, the Squares, etc. It would probably make The Villages more attractive to many people as it would allow people to stay in their homes after they can no longer drive. And it might make it safer on the roads for everyone else.

The county recently paid $2.4 million to put a roof on the horse arena at the County Fairgrounds. I think that the money would be better spent on a form of public transportation.

Other cities have public trolleys that are either free or affordable.

Florida’s Transportation Options for Travelers | VISIT FLORIDA.

Originally Posted by Velvet (Post 2190836)

You are absolutely right. That is why my aunt had to sell her house because there is not any sort of public transportation. But I have to ask you, WHO benefits from the turnover of all the houses that have to be sold by people who have no transportation?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2190874)

It could POSSIBLY (?) be used as a method of "churning" older residents out of their home and out of the area and getting them REPLACED by younger buyers.