July 7, 2009 TRAC Update

(This is an online version of our bi-monthly newsletter. If you would like to recieve this in your inbox, please see information at bottom of post)


Transportation & Redevelopment Action Committee

TRAC Update
Newsletter 1
July 7, 2009


We would like to thank you for your involvement in the Bee Ridge Road case study and your interest in being on our mailing list. In this, the first TRAC newsletter, we hope to update you on issues relating to transportation in Sarasota County. We are extremely excited to inform you of our progress.

Best,
TRAC


Final Report Complete
A Vision for Bee Ridge: Guiding Principles & Recommendations for Transportation & RedevelopmentWe hope you'll discuss the report on our blog. www.beeridgetod.blogspot.com


You're Invited
TRAC will be presenting our final report before the Board of County Commissioners. We hope you can attend.When: July 22ndWhere: 1660 Ringling Blvd., Commission Chambers, 1st Floor (Map)Time: TBA (TRAC will update)

Transportation in the News
One of the goals of our newsletter is to keep you informed of transportation developments that affect our local area. Each newsletter will have a section sharing articles about transportation.

• How Florida plans to spend transportation money from the federal economic stimulus package (Bradenton Herald Tribune)
  


• SCAT adds two green vehicles to its fleet (SNN)
  


• Federal regulators are taking comments from the public on the performance of the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Agency (Sarasota Herald Tribune)

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