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Regional transit in Tampa Bay is getting an updated vision listen
04/26/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: TBARTA, PSTA, HART, transit, rail, buses, transportation
The board coordinating transit agencies from all over the Tampa Bay area is updating its master plan this year. The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority discussed the changes during its meeting Friday. Even though the board considers the update minor, it includes opportunities for increased regional connectivity.
Much of the focus will be on making it easier to get between Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. Bob Clifford is TBARTA’s executive direct...
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04/01/13 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: TBARTA, HART, PSTA, transit
On today’s program we talked with four people involved with our local transit systems. Our guests included Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) Chief Operations Officer Katharine Eagan, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) External Affairs Officer Bob Lasher, Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA) Director of Programs and Operations Sandi Moody and also TBARTA’s Communication Specialist, Al...
Be the first to commentSome transit officials want lawmakers to support gas tax hike listen
02/22/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gas tax, tax, TBARTA, transportation, transit, Sarasota
Some transit officials want the Florida legislature to let localities increase their local gas tax as much as ten cents per gallon. A Sarasota planning official suggested several possible ways to boost revenue during the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority meeting Friday in Tampa.
Michael Howe, executive director for the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization is pushing for a 2-cent increase to local gas taxes every year for the next five ...
Be the first to commentTampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn says transit merger is not TBARTA's problem listen
02/22/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, transportation, HART, PSTA, TBARTA
Even though the idea of a cross-bay merger is off the table for now, the boards of the transit agencies in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties still say they want to work on some projects together. After a state mandated merger study, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority had requested the state fund a second study taking a deeper look into possible cost savings. HART filed a separate report requesting no further studies. During a Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority meeting, o...
Be the first to commentTBARTA says their school carpool program saves parents commuting time and money listen
02/07/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
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...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority considers multi-level bridge to link Tampa with Pinellas listen
09/30/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: TBARTA, Vanpool Program, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, HART, Ronnie Duncan
This morning Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority passed their budget for the next fiscal year, which will go into effect tomorrow. TBARTA expects that soon there could be improvements to bridges and streamlined bus services in the region.
The 2.4 million dollars in projected expenses is 700,000 dollars more than last year’s budget. But that includes nearly twice the federal funding compared to last year, plus revenue from the [Vanpool program](http:/...
Be the first to commentInterview with the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Authority
06/13/11 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: TBARTA, Bob Clifford, light rail, Panama Canal, Sunshine Skyway
Good evening, welcome to The Last Call on WMNF. Today we'll talk about the area's transportation needs with Bob Clifford, Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA). Clifford oversees all TBARTA operations.
The Authority was created in July 2007 to to improve mobility and expand multimodal transportation options for passengers and freight throughout the seven-county region of Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco...
Be the first to commentRick Scott signs Florida budget, slashes $600 million in line-item vetoes listen
05/26/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: media, Rick Scott, TBARTA, USF, budget, 2011 Legislative session, veto
Republican Governor Rick Scott signed the state budget today. Florida lawmakers had cut nearly $4 billion from the budget for next fiscal year. But today in a private Republican Party of Florida event at The Villages, Scott announced he had vetoed $615 million in line items.
10 comments"There were 3,036 line items in the budget. 3,036. I know this because I looked at every single line item in the budget, and it took quite a ...
TBARTA gets funding cut by Governor Scott - and Tampa state Representative Janet Cruz talks about what it's like being a Democrat in Tallahassee
05/26/11 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ronnie Duncan, Janet Cruz, TBARTA, Transportation, 2011 legislative session
Ronnie Duncan from TBARTA begins the show commenting on the reduction of funding from the state for the local transportation agency.
Also, Tampa House Democrat Janet Cruz discusses the just concluded Florida Legislative session, a brutal one for Democrats like herself.
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 ...
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