ECAT Plans To Add Multiple New Bus Stop Shelters

February 5, 2016

Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) and Escambia County Public Works Division of Transportation and Traffic Operations has planned changes and additions to the facilities at several bus stops, including new shelters in Cantonment.

Changes are planned as follows:

New bus stop shelters,  replacing current signs:

  • Highway 29 at Muscogee Road – in front of the Raceway gas station
  • Highway 29 in Cantonment – in front of the Winn Dixie
  • Brent Lane – in front of the Carmike Theater and Mellow Mushroom
  • Creighton Road – in front of Wal-Mart once the route is changed
  • Old Spanish Trail Road at Olive Road
  • Untreiner Avenue at Lepley Road
  • Palafox Street – just north of Burgess Road
  • Navy Boulevard at Pines at Warrington apartments
  • Bayou Boulevard – in front of Target

Relocation of existing amenities:

  • 9th Avenue at College Boulevard – replace bench with a shelter
  • 9th Avenue at Springhill Drive – replace bench with a shelter
  • 9th Avenue at Creighton Road, in front of CVS – replace bench with a shelter

Recently installed shelters:

  • Wal-Mart on Navy Boulevard – replaced the bench with a shelter
  • E Street, North of Avery Street – replaced the bench with a shelter
  • Nine Mile Road – in front of Baptist Hospital
  • Highway 29 at Boone Street – replaced the bench with a shelter
  • Palafox Street and Jordan Street – in front of the Escambia County Health Department
  • Fairfield Drive in front of Pensacola Village – replaced dilapidated shelter
  • Truman Avenue – west of W Street
  • University Parkway – north of Nine Mile Road on both sides of road

Pictured: A new bus stop shelter is planned for the corner of Muscogee Road and Highway 29 in Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge


Comments

7 Responses to “ECAT Plans To Add Multiple New Bus Stop Shelters”

  1. Biff on February 9th, 2016 12:56 pm

    Ok so they are bilboards with benches and very little cover to protect why not throw in free wifi like the buses have and lets all pay for it why not unemployment is high and aince we all have money to burn and the tax was never voted on but forced upon us like Obamacare sure lets do this we as tax payers need to start standing up to things like this look into Ecat and see it for what it is it is a public funded bussiness like ECUA. Ok i will get off my box before they kick in my door

  2. David Huie Green on February 6th, 2016 10:53 am

    The more convenient the ride, the more likely people are to ride.

    David for self-driving cars,
    the u!timate convenience
    (well, until my teleporter quits blowing up)

  3. j s on February 5th, 2016 3:33 pm

    So, now our gov’t imposed gas tax is now paying for bus stop comforts?
    What a joke…more of the same…have the taxpayer fund some more bs.
    When is enough, enough?

  4. M on February 5th, 2016 12:05 pm

    I listened in on some of those ECAT billboard discussions a few years ago and ECAT was locked into an advertisement deal with a noted advertising company in the area but the bus stops did little if any to protect citizens from the elements. If its raining, you still got we and if it was sunny, there’s never enough room for several people much less anywhere to sit, but rest assured there was space enough to solicit advertisers. Before setting those things out, spend some time riding the bus and stand out there in the rain and heat and see for yourself how well they protect and serve the patrons. Gainesville had some of the best bus stops ive seen out of the Florida cities . . . . . real shelters with tinted plexiglass for the sun and significant protection from the rain . . . big enough for 5 – 6 people to sit under if needed and they still had room for their advertising needs.

  5. Debra on February 5th, 2016 11:32 am

    O.K., so here we go! We are paying a gas tax in order to fund fuel for the buses. (most of us do not use). However, fuel prices have dropped dramatically and the tax has not dropped. Now they have money to replace benches and put up shelters?

    I think someone needs to take a deep look into ECAT’s budget. Seems as if the gas tax is being used on things it was not intended for!

  6. Rodney on February 5th, 2016 8:26 am

    With the revenue gained from the advertising on these shelters will the 4 cents per gallon extra we are paying for gasoline, which is dedicated to ECAT, be descended?

  7. M in Bratt on February 5th, 2016 7:03 am

    The intent of these “bus stops” is not to provide shelter for bus passengers as much as they are a way to skirt the law, and put advertising signs on the right of way. Just look at the ones that are already in place. they are a billboard with a bench in it. If any of us placed a sign on the right of way that sometimes blocks the view of cars trying to enter an intersection, DOT would immediately remove it, and probably even assess a fine.

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