Escambia County Seeks Mass Transit Advisory Committee Members

November 20, 2015

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners is seeking Escambia County residents interested in volunteering to fill vacancies on the Escambia County Mass Transit Advisory Committee, or MTAC.  The Board, in its regular meeting on October 1, 2009, adopted a Resolution establishing the MTAC.

The MTAC meets quarterly, typically on the second Wednesday of the month from 3 to 5 p.m.

The duties of the Committee include the following:

  1. Establishing a set of benchmarks to periodically evaluate the service and management of existing public mass transit systems operating in Escambia County;
  2. Setting short range and long range goals for increasing ridership, expanding routes, and instituting new mass transit services;
  3. Assisting the Board of County of Commissioners, the County Administrator, and ECAT Management in developing partnerships with industry groups and employers to foster economic development; and
  4. Identifying opportunities for inter-governmental or regional transportation alliances with entities both within Escambia County and outside of Escambia County.

Escambia residents interested in serving on the Escambia County Mass Transit Advisory Committee are asked to submit a resume and letter indicating their desire to serve on the Committee by close of business on Tuesday, December 1, 2015.  Resumes should be submitted to Judy Witterstaeter, Program Coordinator, Board of County Commissioners, P.O. Box1591, Pensacola, Florida 32502, or emailed to jhwitter@myescambia.com.

Comments

4 Responses to “Escambia County Seeks Mass Transit Advisory Committee Members”

  1. willis on November 21st, 2015 12:07 pm

    @john, M and Jane,
    Story says they are looking for volunteers.
    Stop just fussing and go make a difference.

  2. Jane on November 21st, 2015 8:14 am

    Stop increasing gas tax and let the riders pay their own way. I have never even seen an ECAT bus in the north end of Escambia County!

  3. M in Bratt on November 20th, 2015 6:07 pm

    Sounds like the BCC established yet another layer of beaurocrats to distance themselves from the voters and the issues. I can advise them on ECAT. If it can’t at least break even, shut it down. I resent paying more in gas tax each time I fill up than most riders pay for a one way ticket on the ECAT.

  4. john on November 20th, 2015 4:53 pm

    How about not raising gas tax to fund this? Ask the people that pay for it what they want.
    Not what the politicians want. Quit subsidizing. If the trans system can’t afford itself, why should we pay for it? Self sustaining is what it needs to be.
    Then you have the nerve to ask for volunteers to weigh in on your bullet points?

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