On weekday mornings in Liberty City, the City of Miami Trolley is a vital service, transporting seniors with carts, children in school uniforms, and workers transferring to Metrorail or Metrobus. But when Saturday arrives, the green and orange buses vanish.

“I use the trolley every day. It’s the best thing they could have come up with, except we need it on Saturdays,” said longtime Liberty City resident Mary Williams. “I catch the trolley so I can go to the Publix Supermarket or Ross in Downtown, also to go to Winn Dixie, which is very important because a lot of people like myself don’t have transportation.”

Liberty City, a historically Black neighborhood, is one of only two trolley service areas in the City of Miami, along with Overtown, that lack Saturday service.

“We need a trolley o

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