Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust - Regular Meeting

Onward and upward award goes to the city of Miami.

Through the chair. Yes, of course. Thank you. I just wanted to commend the staff for the very thorough report. I was very impressed being this the second meeting and actually seeing the staff report. The exact questions I had were answered in the report, but I do have one more question, and that's regarding maintenance. So I see there is an additional and correct me if I'm wrong, and which is very commendable. The shelters are an additional 350 shelters. Is that correct? To the current shelters?

So for the 500 additional shelters, I saw a comment in the graph at the very bottom that maintenance was going to be provided as part of the contract through 2035. Correct. So is that maintenance for all the shelters?

And then once they're completed, since there's additional shelters now that are going to be maintained, is that already contemplated on additional funding for maintenance to maintain those additional shelters?

So through the marketing, they would basically be self-funded to maintain.

And I was wondering why it was diesel buses versus electric. Dr. Miller. I believe your question was the- Yes, diesel versus electric buses.

What's the useful life of each of those buses?

So is there an estimate on how much longer these buses would be on the road?

Thank you. Before I continue, I do want to acknowledge two highly civically engaged scholars at Miami Dade College in their own right. Please rise to be acknowledged, Mr. Angel Lopez and Mr. Samuel Akil Polanco de Arroyo.

And they also were volunteers at our recent CITT Mobility Matters ceremony, welcoming our guests at that activity. Thank you. And thank you for being here and being so invested in CITT and transit affairs. Thank you. Thank you so much. So on May 13th, just last week, we convened our Community Engagement Committee workshop where we discussed the potential of combining the CITT Ambassador of the Year event with the CITT Mobility Matters Awards Ceremony. And we are currently evaluating the advantages of combining both events and assessing what date or dates would be best to hold the event. This i