• Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and the Board of County Commissioners met today for the first of two work sessions to consider a penny sales tax for transportation. The county collected more than 11,000 surveys from residents on transportation in the region
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• The one hour comment period was dominated by resident concerns that the county already had money for public transportation.
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• There will be two new rideshare hubs opening in Orlando this spring.
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• Uber has partnered with former competitor Mears Transportation Group, the first agreement of its kind in the United States between the ride-sharing company and a taxi service. Under the agreement announced today, Mears will provide its fleet of luxury vehicles to support the Central Florida launch of Uber’s premium service, UberBLACK.
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• Three percent of registered voters who didn’t participate in the 2016 election said it was because they didn’t have transportation to the polls.
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• Mayor Andrew Gillium’s running mate Chris King joined Intersection to talk about the gubernatorial campaign. King says he and Gillum want to “build a more fair economy” for Floridians.
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• In its most recent report, the American Society of Civil Engineers calls Florida’s transportation system ‘mediocre’, noting that only 2 percent of Floridians commute using public transportation. And whoever becomes the state’s next governor will inherit a system bogged down by crowded roads and a lack of mass transit options.
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