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Florida Senate bill could be catalyst for HART & PSTA merger listen
10/24/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: HART, psta, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, transit, Transportation, Sandra Murman, Jack Latvala
Some board members the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority started planning their strategy to address new state legislation that could either dissolve the organization, or merge it with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, or PSTA. HART attorney Chip Fletcher discussed the implications of Florida Senate Bill 192 during this morning’s Major Projects Committee.
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10/03/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jeff Danner, psta, transit, pinellas beaches, Tampa Bay beaches chamber of commerce, St. Petersburg area chamber of commerce, Robin Sollie, Brad Miller, Chris Steinocher, transportation
Direct trolley routes connecting downtown St. Petersburg to south Pinellas beaches along Central Avenue began yesterday. Routes are now available from the Pier all the way to Pass-a-Grille beach for a two-dollar fare.
Before the opening of these routes, residents and tourists wanting to use public transportation to get from the Bay to the beach had to make several transfers. Now, they can hop on a trolley at any of seven stops and stay on that same bus until they reach their destination....
Be the first to commentPSTA is cutting some transportation services listen
07/28/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: psta, Transportation, Pinellas County Schools, transit
According to New York Public Transit Association, public transportation saves Americans the equivalent of 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually. But Tampa Bay might be missing out on some of those efficiencies because due to budget cuts, transit agencies are cutting bus services and next year, more citizens may be forced to carpool or drive.
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) community relations manager Bob Lasher says because of declining property taxes or ad valorem revenues, ...
Be the first to commentPinellas transit agency writes governor, welcomes new executive director listen
05/25/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tranist, Pinellas County, TBARTA, HART, PSTA, Rick Scott
In a week where his approval rating hit an all-time low of just 29 percent, Governor Rick Scott’s mailbox appears to be brimming with correspondence from agencies across the state. Whether or not he’ll read his mail, Pinellas County’s transit board is among the latest to write the governor urging him not to ax funding.
Although the state legislature left funding intact for the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority, also known as TBARTA, the governor may not. PSTA board Chair RB ...
Be the first to commentPSTA approves rate hike for bus system for people with disabilities listen
03/23/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas, transit, PSTA, transportation, disabilaties, busses
Disabled bus riders who rely on Pinellas County’s on-demand bus system to get around will have to make a little more room in their budgets if they want to keep riding. The county’s transit board raised the system’s fares by 50 cents in what they’re calling a stop-gap measure to help deal with massive revenue shortfalls.
Pinellas Park activist Marshall Cook said he uses Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s Demand Response Transportation, or [DART](http://psta.net/da...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay Transit Call-In
03/21/11 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: HART, TBARTA, PSTA, transit, light rail, rail, busses
On today’s program our guests were Managers of Community Relations for two of our area’s largest counties’ transportation providers. Bob Lasher joined us from Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Donna Chen from Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority. Also we were happy to have Sandi Moody, with Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA). Sandi was formally with Bay Area Commuter Services, which has merged with TBARTA, So we still have an agency in our area that provid...
Be the first to commentPinellas & Hillsborough transit agencies consider rail over Tampa Bay listen
02/15/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: HART, PSTA, David Armijo, Mark Sharpe, Jeff Danner
If you’re one of the thousands of people who drive across the Howard-Frankland Bridge twice daily, you know how brutal that rush-hour traffic can get. Picture, instead, traversing the Bay via rail – reading the paper, staring out the window, texting to your heart’s content. Today the transit agencies from Pinellas and Hillsborough talked about making room for a possible rail line when the state replaces the bridge’s eastbound expanse. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority consultant Don Kloehn ...
3 commentsPinellas to Launch Transit Task Force listen
03/22/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mass Transit, Karen Seel, psta, TBARTA, Mark Sharpe, transportation funding, Transit Referendum, Tim Garling, James Moore, Jim Norman
As a penny transit tax referendum inches closer to the November ballot in Hillsborough County, some might wonder how, or even if, the rest of the Tampa Bay region is going to tackle public transit. Today, officials met in Largo to discuss a possible transit overhaul in Pinellas. They announced the formation of a task force to help make this idea a reality. Florida’s most densely populated county may have a thing or two to learn from another auto-dependent ...
1 commentsPlanning the future of mass transit in Pinellas County
03/18/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: psta, Karen Seel, Tim Garling, light rail, Mass Transit, Pinellas
Yesterday the Hillsborough County Commission approved language for the November ballot that will ask citizens whether they want to raise the countywide sales tax by a penny on the dollar. The money would be used for transportation- roughly $0.75 for mass transit and 25% for road improvements. Frank Hibbard, the mayor of Clearwater spoke to the county commissioners about the importance of their decision.
Whether or not voters will approve the tax remains to be seen. But if Hillsborough buil...
1 commentsPinellas County Talks Move for an Improved Transit System listen
12/07/09 Concetta DeLucoWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County Schools, hillsborough board of county commissioners, TBARTA, psta, light rail, transit, transit referendum
Pinellas County is on the move toward an improved transit system. A Pinellas County Transit and Land Use Workshop was held today in Pinellas Park to discuss the county’s plans for future transportation improvement.
The workshop today was headed by several Tampa Bay transit groups including TBARTA and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority or PSTA. Tim Garling is the executive director for PSTA. He said Pinellas County is currently in the beginning stages of mapping out a comprehensive tr...
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