Looper 2.0 will make it easier and cheaper for downtown residents to get around
The changing face of downtown St. Petersburg is prompting a revamped and expanded Downtown Looper, a trolley service that historically has connected museums and hotels near the waterfront.
“Looper 2.0” will provide a 72 percent increase in service, said Evan Mory, the city’s director of transportation and parking management.
Starting Sunday, Oct. 7, the Downtown Looper will have a longer route, adding stops in the Innovation District just south of downtown. It will run earlier in the morning and later at night, and will eliminate the current 50-cent fee to ride, Cassandra Borchers, chief development officer at Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, told St. Petersburg City Council members earlier this month.
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