News & Public Affairs
Pinellas transit officials want to brand improvements before asking residents to pay for them listen
09/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: PSTA, transit, light rail, transportation, Ken Welch, Brad Miller, SunRail
Pinellas County is slowly moving forward with plans to ask voters to pay for a major transit overhaul. A study released this year lays the groundwork for both light rail and increased bus service to support it. At a transit meeting yesterday, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority CEO Brad Miller said the ideas need to be discussed with possible riders.
2 comments“To help us digest all of these plans that are going on whether they’re long term or shor...
Ground broken on MetroRapid stops along Nebraska Avenue - next year those buses will get traffic light priority listen
08/06/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County Commission, HART, transit, bus rapid transit, MetroRapid, Tampa, Sandra Murman, Fran Davin, Philip Hale
Hillsborough County officials broke ground today on what will soon be the county’s version of bus rapid transit. MetroRapid will run along Nebraska Avenue from the USF area to downtown Tampa quicker than other bus lines. Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandra Murman hopes the route will be a boost for ridership when it is completed next year.
Be the first to comment“We are taking a very big step with bus rapid transit to really get it moving forward and really send the message that riding the bus is a really ...
Tampa will hold three town halls on impacts of RNC on residents and businesses
07/25/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Clean Zone, Tampa, Bob Buckhorn, transit, Tampa Police, HART, OccupyRNC, ResistRNC
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced Wednesday that he will host three town hall meetings in August on the impacts of the Republican National Convention on residents and businesses.
The meetings will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on August 14 (Florida Aquarium), August 15 (Stetson University College of Law Tampa campus) and August 16 (Kate Jackson Community Center on South Rome Ave.).
The city says there will be representatives from the Tampa Police Department, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Of...
Be the first to commentLight rail advocates join forces to combat opposition in Pinellas listen
06/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: PSTA, transit, light rail, transportation, Norm Roche, Jeff Danner, Sierra Club, Awake Pinellas
Environmentalists and progressive activists are joining forces to let transit officials in Pinellas County know they want expanded mass transit. About 80 of them packed a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) board meeting in Pinellas County Monday to make sure their presence was felt as heavily as rail opponents whose slogan is "no tax for tracks." Organizer of the event, Tim Martin represents the group Awake Pinellas. As multi-modal transportation supporters showed up, Martin made s...
Be the first to commentOld study could have new results for Pinellas transit listen
05/14/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, OneBay, transit, transportation, Jack Mariano, reality check
Officials from across the Tampa Bay area are pushing a long-term plan that links transit to population density. Results from a study discussed this morning at a meeting in Pinellas Park shows some challenges for officials in Pinellas County who want to expand transit options. Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council’s Avera Wynne said to make that and the spending that comes with it a reality regions need to increase their population density.
Be the first to comment“Conventional wisdom is that you need certain den...
Tampa Bay Partnership group gives state legislators some economic development advice listen
05/08/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida Legislature, Tampa Bay Partnership, healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, transit, transportation, light rail
During a meeting at the Tampa Bay Times Forum today, State legislators representing the region were given a list of issues members of the Tampa Bay Partnership thought should be made priorities. With Pinellas County considering a sales tax referendum for transit improvements, one group of business professionals told the 26 elected officials to ignore the “No Tax for Tracks” campaigns. Barry Alpert, managing investment director for Raymond James, said 40 years ago he could tell potential profe...
Be the first to commentPinellas Transit draws light rail plans; 2013 referendum possible listen
02/17/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Transportation, transit, Transit Referendum, psta, Sierra Club, Phil Compton, Bob Lasher, light rail, Pinellas County
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, or PSTA, has drawn plans to build 24 miles of light rail in Pinellas County with a connection to Tampa. At the Unitarian Universalist church in Clearwater last night, a spokesperson for Pinellas’s transit authority told Sierra Club members that the plan could significantly reduce congestion on roadways. The rail plan is called the [locally preferred alternative](http://www.psta.net/PDF/PSTA-HART...
Be the first to commentHigh school students learn about pedestrian safety; Postponed bill in Congress shuts out bicyclists, pedestrians listen
02/15/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Transportation, transit, pedestrian deaths, pedestrian safety, bike lanes, Sierra Club, Phil Compton, John Mica
In October, a Middleton High School Student was hit and killed by a car while crossing Hillsborough Avenue on her way to school. The Florida Department of Transportation estimates that there are 375 people killed in car accidents annually in the Tampa area. But a transportation bill in the U.S. House would fund fewer projects that would make it safer to walk or ride a bike.
As he attempted to lead a group of te...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete Mayor Bill Foster supports light rail connection to other cities including Tampa listen
01/25/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Foster, light rail, transit, Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, Transportation, St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster champions his city’s transportation accomplishments. At a Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon Wednesday afternoon he said he fully supports implementing light rail to connect to other cities in the region.
Tiger Bay meetings boast the ability of members to carve a politician up for lunch. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster found himself on that platter answering questions he said he didn’t want to answer. But w...
Be the first to commentFlorida 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.
HART and PS...
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