Dixieland residents and business owners are asking Citrus Connection to extend its free “Squeeze” shuttle service into their neighborhood, creating a direct link between Dixieland and downtown.
The Squeeze provides free rides on eight-passenger, “street-legal” golf carts around downtown Lakeland. It stops at the RP Funding Center and Florida Southern College on weekends. It also provides service to special events like Mayfaire; Red, White & Kaboom and Bienvenido a BSP.
Citrus Connection debuted the service in November 2021, with support from sponsors including the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority. It was hailed as the nation’s first public transit golf-cart program…