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Commissioners got an overview April 13 of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority s plans for the demonstration.
Jeremy Reynolds, chairman of the city s public safety committee, wants to make sure that we demonstrate this is safe to ride and I would love to be the first one to ride it in Dunedin. Get in line, said Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski, amid laughter.
Commissioners voted unanimously to approve an agreement for with PSTA for a three-month demonstration of an autonomous vehicle, using federal money and a 50 percent match from PSTA to fund it. The shuttle should be arriving in late May.
Jacob Labutka, a PSTA senior planner, said a similar demonstration along Bayshore Drive in St. Petersburg went well.
Transit buses in Pinellas County will soon be driving on the shoulders of the interstate. A pilot project launches next month on a five-mile stretch of Interstate 275. The express service is designed to let riders bypass traffic jams during rush hour.
New guidance on the best use of facial coverings to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has been released recently, and they may leave some people uncertain about what they should do.
For example, Floridaâs Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees revised his health advisory on April 29 and said fully vaccinated people should no longer be advised to wear face coverings or avoid social and recreational gatherings except in limited circumstances. He did not specify what those circumstances might be.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they receive the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one dose from Johnson & Johnson.
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