Nearly a year after three deadly accidents took place on West University Avenue, the city of Gainesville is working with UF and the Florida Department of Transportation to address traffic safety near campus. Efforts include decreased speed limits, license plate readers, LED message boards, increased police patrols, signal retiming and crosswalk enhancements.
Come October, Gainesville s oldest and youngest residents will have unlimited free rides on city buses.
Starting Oct. 1, people younger than 18 and those 65 and older will no longer be charged to ride Gainesville Regional Transit System.
Monday night, the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville urban area voted to adopted the yearlong pilot program, with the city and county each pitching in $115,000.
That is the estimated revenue the bus system will lose by not charging those passengers for rides.
City Commissioner Harvey Ward said he hopes the fare-free rides become permanent after the pilot project.
“It is an investment in our children, a repayment of a lifetime of service for our seniors,” he said earlier this week. “I believe transit has a democratizing influence. Number one, if lots of different people ride the bus, that is a good thing. And the easier we make it to ride the bus the less friction we put out there between somebody
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Lawsuits Filed in UF Student Pedestrian Accidents
Represented by Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen, the families of two University of Florida students who died in pedestrian accidents on West University Avenue are filing suit and advocating for safer roads.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Who: Representatives for the families of Margaret Maggie Paxton and Sophia Lambert, and the Law Firm of Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen.
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press conference is being held to advocate for safer roads in and around the campus of the University of Florida and to announce two wrongful death lawsuits filed in the Aluchua county courts against the negligent drivers and related entities that caused or contributed to the sudden deaths of Margaret Maggie Paxton and Sophia Lambert, both of whom were University of Florida students at the time. Defendants named in the lawsuits include the owners and drivers of the cars that caused the accidents.
UF Student Pedestrian Accidents Lead to Major Lawsuits
Represented by Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen, the families of two University of Florida students who died in pedestrian accidents on West University Avenue are filing suit and advocating for safer roads
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Nationally acclaimed, award winning law firm Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen has been retained to help the families of the late Sophia Lambert and Margaret Maggie Paxton receive justice for their deaths. Attorneys Stuart Z. Grossman, Andrew B. Yaffa, and University of Florida (UF) alumni William P. Mulligan have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the negligent drivers and related entities that caused or contributed to the sudden deaths of Sophia and Maggie, both of whom were University of Florida students at the time.