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TBARTA says their school carpool program saves parents commuting time and money listen

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Tags: TBARTA, Hillsborough County Schools, Pinellas County Schools, Transportation, traffic, Commuting

Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority is looking to expand their school car-pooling program to more schools in other counties. TBARTA’s program currently has 1,200 parents registered.

The School Pool program allows parents to form carpools so commuters share the responsibility of driving students to school. Amy Ellis, Director of Communications for TBARTA says the program matches parents and their kids with other families for carpooling by using their computerized ridesharing s...

Downtown Partnership focuses on transportation listen

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Tags: Mass Transit, Light Rail, Commuting

The Tampa Downtown Partnership held its 22nd annual meeting today at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel. Transportation issues were a recurring theme.

The incoming chair of the Tampa Downtown Partnership is Chuck Davis of Met Life. He outlined some of the initiatives the partnership hopes to accomplish under his leadership.

Tampa City Council member Rev. Thomas Scott performed the invocation, which included an unconventional prayer. "Today we pray for mass transit. We pray for light rai...