SOUTH PASADENA, Fla. - On Tuesday, workers took down and hauled away signs signaling bus-only lanes along Pasadena Ave. in South Pasadena.

"The congestion and safety concerns of this road have been tied up by the Bus Rapid Transit Lane, BRT, created real challenges for our local commuters, families just trying to get to work, parents trying to get their kids where they need to go and emergency responders trying to navigate these streets face delays and risks," Representative Linda Chaney (R-St. Pete Beach) said in a press conference Tuesday.

It became a bus only lane in 2022 when the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s SunRunner launched.

House Bill 1301 passed last year, and it asked the Florida Department of Transportation to study the impacts of projects that would repurpose one

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