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TBARTA hears from freight giant CSX listen
08/27/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pam Iorio, CSX, Florida legislature, transit tax, TBARTA, HART, mass transit, rail, light rail
This morning, the board of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority, or TBARTA, heard from freight company CSX. TBARTA is exploring the possibility of to running part of its proposed rail line along a CSX corridor. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio said the CSX right of way in question would constitute a crucial portion of the proposed countywide mass transit system.
However, the mayor said, CSX doesn’t necessarily have to be part of the equation.
The other option is to go along I-275. ...
2 commentsTampa City Council rejects study on high-speed rail to airport listen
07/29/10 Seán Kinane & Lachelle RoddyWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: rail, high-speed rail, light rail, commuter rail, Tampa City Council, Ed Turanchik, MPO, tampa international airport
Tampa City Council voted down a resolution calling on the state to study a high-speed rail link between downtown and Tampa International Airport. The vote was 3-4 to defeat the resolution Council had requested two weeks ago.
John Wheat, interim director of Tampa International Airport’s board, told Council that a light rail link makes more sense at the airport.
4 comments"Since 2003, we've prepared a couple of studies. Our most recent one was done in 2007, which provided for a light rail corrido...
HART to study rail link to Tampa International Airport listen
07/19/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: transit, Transit Referendum, HART, rail, light rail, high-speed rail
Today the board of HART, Hillsborough County’s transit agency, agreed to study light rail from downtown Tampa to the Tampa International Airport. Mary Shavalier is HART’s chief of strategic planning and program development.
Be the first to comment"Well at today's board meeting the HART board made a decision on a very small amendment to the study area that we're looking at, to try to determine how we could try to enhance transit between downtown Tampa and the Westshore business district. We have been previously ...
TBARTA 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 commentsFlorida Representative Bill Heller on why he opposed the rail bill listen
12/16/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: transit, special session, rail, TBARTA, high-speed rail, Sunrail
State Representative Bill Heller voted against the rail bill that Governor Crist signed today. The Democrat from St. Petersburg says he supports mass transit, but opposes the multi-million dollar handout to the rail company CSX.
1 commentsGovernor Crist signs rail bill into law listen
12/16/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: TBARTA, high speed rail, Connect Us, rail
Today Governor Charlie Crist signed historic legislation for state and local rail systems. The bill passed in a Special Session of the Florida Legislature last week, which many say is the first step in also bringing high speed rail to Florida.
Protesters, politicians, and proponents of local rail systems gathered at the HART bus station in downtown Tampa. Governor Charlie Crist signed House Bill 1B today, which passed during...
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