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Howard Frankland span replacement could spell transit improvements over Tampa Bay listen
05/07/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: transit, PSTA, HART, FDOT, Howard Frankland Bridge
The Northbound section of the Howard Frankland Bridge will need to be replaced sometime in the next decade or so. That leaves a host of options for transit agencies on both sides of Tampa Bay.
During a stakeholder meeting in Pinellas County Tuesday, the Florida Department of Transportation’s district planning manager, Ming Gao said the plans could include some premium transit options.
Be the first to comment“We know the in-kind replacement is around $367 million. You’ve got the transit option; you’re tal...
Tampa City Council wants more solutions for pedestrian safety listen
02/28/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: biking, pedestrians, safety, traffic, Tampa, bicycle, Tampa City Council, Florida DOT, FDOT, Florida Department of Transportation, transportation, roads, transit
Tampa is consistently ranked in the top five most dangerous metropolitan areas for bicycle and pedestrian deaths.
A recent accident where a child was killed crossing a section of Busch Boulevard that lacks crosswalks prompted a discussion on safety at Tampa City Council Thursday morning.
Tampa City Council member Mary Mulhern questioned Debbie Hunt from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Be the first to commentFlorida Department of Transportation in the midst of pedestrian awareness campaign listen
08/13/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FDOT, pedestrian, safety, bicycling
The Florida Department of Transportation recently launched a new awareness campaign to improve pedestrian safety. The Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow campaign aims to reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities in Hillsborough and Miami-Dade Counties.
For the next four weeks, the Florida Department of Transportation is partnering with local law enforcement to raise public awareness about pedestrian safety. Kris Carson, Florida Department of Transportation spokesperson, says nearly a quarter of ...
1 commentsNew type of traffic signal in Hillsborough County: the flashing yellow arrow listen
03/02/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County, Transportation, traffic, FDOT
Hillsborough County has a new type of traffic signal: a flashing yellow arrow. Drivers traveling on Fowler Avenue near Thonotosassa may encounter the new type of light at the Jefferson Road intersection.
The flashing yellow arrow directs motorists in the left turn lane to turn with caution after first yielding to oncoming traffic. Kris Carson, Florida Department of Transportation spokesperson says a national study shows the benefits of the new signal.
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Does new Florida transportation plan call for privatizing public toll roads?
08/05/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Transportation, privatization, FDOT
Friday afternoon the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) released what it’s calling a Major Transportation Plan. It promises to advance projects across the state, including on these highways in the Tampa Bay area: State Road 50 in Hernando County, Pinellas Bayway in Pinellas County, and Veterans Expressway in Hillsborough County. The plan doesn’t use clear language, but seems to imply that new construction of managed lanes on these highways will be privatized. ...
Be the first to commentBill Nelson: Florida will get $342 million more for high-speed rail listen
12/09/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT, Bill Nelson
Florida may be getting more money for its proposed high-speed train. And it’s thanks to some states rejecting the federal funds. Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has told Florida’s Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson that Florida will get some of the money rejected by Wisconsin and Ohio. Recently elected Republican governors in those states have said they did not want high-speed rail projects.
1 comments"Florida is getting an early Christmas present. We just got $342 million more for ou...
Florida's High Speed Rail on track for 2015 listen
10/11/10 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT, Siemens, MOSI
This isn't your average choo-choo train.
“Not only is it a better way to get from point A to point B, it is safe, reliable, and comfortable, and you know you are going to arrive at your destination on time.”
High-speed rail will connect Tampa to Orlando by 2015 and would run on speeds up to 200-mph. A bullet train would cut the drive time nearly in half and could even beat airplanes to their destination. Siemens Spokesperson, Becky Johnson says that’s not all the new rail would offer. ...
25 commentsFlorida high-speed rail will be partnership with private company to design-build-operate listen
08/31/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, kathy castor, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT
Beginning in just a few years, you’ll be able to take a bullet train from Tampa to Orlando in under an hour. But before then the high-speed rail line needs to be built. Half of the roughly $2.5 billion dollar project has been funded through the federal Recovery Act.
The Florida Department of Transportation is hosting meetings this week in the three cities where the bullet train will stop; Today in Tampa, tomorrow in Lakeland, and Thursday in Orlando.
For a preview of those meetings WM...
Be the first to commentTBARTA Board talks rail, airport leg listen
06/25/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: TBARTA, HART, transit, Ken Hagan, Transit Referendum, FDOT, rail, light rail, high-speed rail
Today transit officials heard the latest on proposed rail lines in the Tampa Bay area. The question of an airport connection was front and center.
"We haven't gotten used to being among the best in a lot of things. But when it comes to transportation, Hillsborough County is last for commuters. Dead last."
After Tampa Bay Partnership president Stuart Rogel screened his organization’s new ad promoting a transit tax in Hillsborough, County Commission Chair and TBARTA Board member Ken Ha...
2 commentsIn Ybor, I-4 Crosstown Connector breaks ground listen
04/09/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Stimulus Package, Charlie Crist, kathy castor, Port of Tampa, FDOT, Ybor City
Although construction has already begun, the official groundbreaking ceremony was held this morning for the highway to connect I-4 with the Port of Tampa and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. Gov. Charlie Crist said the project, funded with $105 million dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will mean more jo...
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