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• A free weekend bus service from UCF to downtown Orlando is set to be eliminated. The KnightLynx 212 is free for any University of Central Florida student with a campus I.D.
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• A flash-mob-style opera performance will break out in celebration of LYNX’s 25th anniversary.
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• Three hours before his shift starts at a hotel near Disney Springs, Daniel Paredes hops on the Lynx bus 56 headed to Magic Kingdom, earphones already in and a book in hand. To be on time for his shift in the laundry room of the Radisson Hotel at 3 p.m., Paredes is out on the Columbia Avenue bus stop in Kissimmee by noon. After getting to Magic Kingdom, he takes another bus that leaves him near a Burger King on State Road 535, where he walks a quarter-mile to his job. In total, his trip to work takes about two hours. When his shift ends at 11 p.m., the buses aren’t running anymore so Paredes pays an Uber driver about …
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• No data plan? No problem. That’s the message from Lynx to its bus passengers. The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority is offering free WiFi in all 300 of its buses.
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• LYNX has picked its next CEO. The public transportation authority has been looking for a new leader since John Lewis left in September for Charlotte.
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• The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority wants to know whether it’s meeting the needs of seniors and disabled riders. A series of public workshops kicks off this afternoon at Lynx Central Station in downtown Orlando.
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• LYNX has unveiled its first community themed bus shelter. It’s in the Mills 50 district.
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• State Rep. Jason Brodeur wants public transportation agencies to seek proposals from private companies. The Sanford republican is working on legislation with the governor and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli.
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• Congressman John Mica says with the head of central Florida’s public bus service leaving … now is the perfect time to privatize LYNX.
90.7’s Renata Sago has more.
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• Central Florida’s regional bus service LYNX will lose its C-E-O John Lewis Jr. next month. He plans to take a job in North Carolina as head of the Charlotte Area Transit System.
90.7’s Renata Sago reports, the move is part of what officials call a “complicated transition” for the bus system.
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