Breeze Transit

I use Breeze #19 from Cattleman to/from Gulf Gate every six weeks or so. I ride FLIX from Tampa to Sarasota. Roll over to Bus#19 (I'm in a wheelchair)and go to Mall Dr to visit my wife, Melanie. We use Breeze for going everywhere.

The best driver you have in my opinion is Brian. He does the Route 17 Venice/Sarasota. He is always kind,courteous, and thoughtful of his passenger needs. I took the Sunday 2:25 out of Venice on the 17. I was running late on my bike. He saw me and went that extra mile to wait just a minute for me! He is the best driver in Sarasota!

I live in Venice and I see these drivers constantly driving like maniacs one just Almost ran into me at the red light on New Year’s Eve. God forbid me stop at a red light. He almost ran into the back of me and then just darted over to the right lane. They drive like maniacs out here and a lot of them are grumpy. I have used them myself from time to time you really need to hire better drivers.

system is broken... breeze app suppossedly shows "real time" next shuttle arrival but by the company's own admission is rarely accurate. The posted schedule..also not accurate.. don't waste your time, take an uber.

What's the point of advertising a shuttle capable of whisking visitors to and from airport (SRQ) if the bus never shows up? To make matters more interesting, there's an app you can download to illustrate how long your pretend shuttle will take to arrive at your bus stop. We've wondered why the airport loop bus (#76) always seemed empty - now we know. Many thanks to the 311 operator who suggested we call an Uber. City money spent on this unreliable 'resource' should be repurposed. Maybe buy a horse?

I just think it's a waste of our tax dollars to have a bus run with NOBODY on it, and not aloud to take any civilians on it for whatever reason. Make us pay $2 to at least catch a ride on the new flyer bus #76 to whatever hotel is closest to where we need to go. 99 packed full of people and there goes 76 passing us with NOBODY on the bus. Ill take it to the Westin so I can catch the trolly to Lido. Ill pay $2 for it.

I was driving south on Jackson Rd at 2:55 pm on wed April 30. As I was turning the corner from Border Rd onto Jackson, one of the Breeze buses whipped around me (during the turn) at a high speed. I was driving a wheelchair van. As he was trying to get around me in the middle of my turn he ended up in the bicycle lane with a bike coming at him head on. He had a second to cut his bus in to miss the cyclist. Luckily! He continued at a high rate of speed south on Jackson and I could see that he made a left onto Venice Rd. I can tell you that your company missed a death by one of your drivers by just a second. I hope you find this driver and reconsider his ability to work for you.

Let me start by saying they offer a great service I've been using them since they started which I believe was over 4 years ago. However ever since they were taken over by Breeze they are lacking. If you have to be somewhere at a certain time make sure you call at least an hour to an hour n a half before you have to be there and on Sundays they open at 6am however every time I have called them at that time I get a message that says they are experiencing higher then normal call volume n try again later. During season you get that message all the time so have lots of patience. The majority of the drivers are really nice n I feel bad that they get arguments for being late because it's not their fault. Breeze doesn't seem to have a clue how to schedule trips properly. Oh n if you try to call their customer service please be aware they are not even in the same country as we are so they gave no idea about locations or names of places. On 1 trip I took the driver made 4 u turns n drove fast n then made short stops I was so nauseous, then k had a driver who was on the phone with the radio blaring in the dark and missed my house it was crazy. On the other hand you have drivers that go out if their way for you n are so kind. There's one driver she keeps container of candy in her vehicle for the passengers and they are extremely personable n they remember you n it's nice. So basically you have a 50/50 chance of getting anywhere on time n getting n getting a good driver but I will tell you the good outweighs the bad n yes it gets frustrating but have patience n you'll get to where you're going. Oh one more thing it use to cost $1.25 then went up to $2.00 n now they want to raise it to $4.00 now if this meant the drivers were going to get more money I wouldn't have a problem with it but they are not so I do have a problem with the raise.