Riding Broward County Transit Bus 23, Sawgrass Mills to Pembroke Lakes Mall

Recorded on February 19, 2024, 2/19/2024, or 19.02.2024
This is a full/complete ride of Broward County Transit (BCT) Bus Route 23 Southbound (operated by LSF Shuttle) (2019 Champion Defender Ford F-550; M1926) from Sawgrass Mills to Pembroke Lakes Mall.

Route 23 passes through several office buildings and plazas (including Amerant Bank Arena, IKEA, Markham Park, Cleveland Clinic Weston, Academic Village, and C.B. Smith Park). In addition, this is the only route that travels to Weston and the bus operates on weekdays only and during peak hours. Route 23 comes every 45 minutes, when the route is in service.

The one-way fare to ride this bus is $2.00. The bus accepts cash (exact change) and Mobile Ticketing. For more information, link will be provided below.
https://www.broward.org/BCT/Pages/Far...

You can view this route (along the stops) on this timetable. https://www.broward.org/BCT/Schedules...

OPINION AND OBSERVATION:
The bus ride was quite rough, but the seats are comfortable than the normal Gillig BRT 40' and the view is pleasant. I would prefer if this route uses a Gillig BRT, NABI 40-LFW, or any kind of low floor transit sized buses because there are lots of people riding and it's pretty difficult to pay the fare because the bus entrance is pretty tight and small. Personally, I remembered that this route used to operate four 2011 NABI 40-LFW GEN II (1121, 1122, 1123, and 1124), before the end of 2020. But because LSF Shuttle borrowed those buses from BCT, they returned all of those buses to the Copans Road Bus Facility, and started using the 2019 Champion Defender Ford F-550 (M1924, M1925, M1926, and M1927), which those small buses are mainly used for community shuttle service.

I think this is the only way to get to Weston during rush hours, without using TOPS! Paratransit. It's pretty impossible to get to Weston, during the weekends and holidays. Unfortunately, this route only operates during rush hour weekday and I think that BCT should modify this route and extend the service to weekend because they never did any changes to this route for more than 9 years and Weston needs a community shuttle because traveling in Weston is really difficult and unacceptable during normal times.
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TIME-STAMPS:
00:00 - Sawgrass Mills
00:40 - Boarding
01:22 - Departed
02:20 - Sawgrass Mills Circle
02:28 - Red Snapper Road
03:07 - NW 136th Avenue
08:37 - W State Road 84
11:15 - Weston Road
18:08 - Cleveland Clinic Boulevard
18:35 - Cleveland Clinic Weston
19:40 - Cleveland Clinic Boulevard
20:13 - Weston Road
24:32 - Dykes Road
28:22 - Sheridan Street
29:25 - Academic Village
31:01 - Sheridan Street
36:47 - N Flamingo Road
39:02 - NW 4th Street
39:55 - Pembroke Lakes Mall
40:08 - Deboarding
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