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Gainesville And UF Launch Electric Scooters For Riders To Rent On Campus, Around The City
By Valentina Angel
June 9, 2021
Gainesville residents are now able to rent electric scooters for transportation thanks to the collaboration of the city and the University of Florida.
This is part of the Micromobility Pilot Program, where three companies were specifically chosen to provide the services. These are Bird, Veo and Spin.
“We’re really excited to bring another transportation option to our campus for the students and for all the Gainesville community,” Scott Fox, UF Senior Director of Transportation and Parking Services, said.
Commissioner Harvey Ward earlier this month shared the good news of water usage in Gainesville.
Gainesville’s Residential Water Usage Two-Thirds Of What It Was 25 Years Ago, Despite Population Growth
By Zhe Zhang
April 26, 2021
Gainesville City Commissioner Harvey Ward recently made an eye-catching and hopeful claim on his Facebook page.
“Despite growing our population by about 50% over the past 25 years,” he wrote, “our community uses less total water than we did then.”
The figure doesn’t quite show the full picture, though, according to Jenn McElroy, the supervising engineer utility designer at Gainesville Regional Utilities. The figure Ward posted on social media may refer to residential water use only.