After over four hours of comments from the public Tuesday night, the board that sets long-term transportation priorities for Hillsborough County voted to keep two controversial projects to add lanes to the interstate north of downtown Tampa. The Metropolitan Planning Organization supported plans to add a lane to I-275 in each direction from Rev. Dr…. Read more »
MPO will vote on Hillsborough transportation priorities -- will widening interstate be one?
Read MoreFDOT hosting public workshops on options for downtown Tampa and Westshore interchanges
Read MoreHillsborough will study "Boulevard Tampa" & vote on ferry to MacDill AFB
Read MoreNew CEO of HART, Ben Limmer, on transportation in Tampa Bay
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Public hearing Tuesday for Tampa Bay Next's I-275 widening
Read MorePSTA's Brad Miller: express buses should have dedicated lanes
Read MoreCommunity activists want transit options, not just highways, under Tampa Bay Next
Read MoreDespite lawsuit, public voices support for Hillsborough transportation tax
Read MoreUpper Tampa Bay Trail users oppose changes
Read MoreHillsborough transportation tax referendum ready for November ballot
Read MoreMidPoint for Thursday, May 24 - Barry Edwards and what to do about making making Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa safer
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Debate on Autonomous Vehicles/Self Driving Cars
Autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars are in the development stage. Companies such as Google, Tesla and the major automakers are road testing cars right now—to see how self driving cars in all sorts of conditions. The hope is that AV’s will become the predominant form of ground transportation in the country. Among the benefits touted… Read more »
Remodeled Riverfront Park is backdrop for Bob Buckhorn’s State of the City address
Tampa unveiled its newly-remodeled Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park Friday morning for Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s State of the City address. Buckhorn praised the $35 million renovation and the city staff who worked on it. Before his speech, the City showed a polished video with the theme “Finish Strong” that looked back at a tough year… Read more »
Cars Versus Car-less on the Sustainable Living program
On Monday’s WMNF Sustainable Living program our topic was Urban and Transportation Planning for our future. Guests included, Al Bartolotta, Rodney Chatman, and Chelsea Favero from Forward Pinellas; also from the University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation and Research (CUTR) the director, Professor Robert Berniti joined the program. Topics discussed centered on car-less… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, May 3- “Conspiracy” author Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday is the author of “Conspiracy: Peter Theil, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatony of Intrigue.” The book is a look at the events that led up to Hogan’s lawsuit against the website Gawker, a lawsuit that was secretly funded by Silicon Valley venture capitalist, libertarian and general iconoclast Peter Thiel. Kenyatta Lee, the acting… Read more »
MidPoint April 12- Pat Kemp, Linda Saul-Sena & Taryn Sabia on transit
While a proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line running from Wesley Chapel to St. Petersburg continues to be the major proposal that the Tampa Bay area transportation community is rallying around, there are a number of critics of the proposal, and three of them participated in Thursday’s MidPoint program. Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp says… Read more »
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MidPoint for Thursday, March 15 – John Judis and Tampa mayoral candidate Topher Morrison
Journalist and author John B. Judis was our guest for the first part of this edition of MidPoint. Judis is an editor at large at Talking Points Memo and the author of The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics. His piece, “The Two Sides of Immigration Policy,” was published in last… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, Feb 1st – Scott Pringle, lead consultant on proposed BRT project to run from Wesley Chapel to St. Pete
Scott Jacobs is with Jacobs Engineering, the consulting group leading the Regional Transit Feasibility Plan in the Tampa Bay area. Two weeks ago, his group unveiled to the public a proposed 41-mile Bus Rapid Transit project that would run from Wesley Chapel in Pasco County down to St.Petersburg. The total cost for the I-275/BRT project… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, Jan 18 – Preview of St. Pete Women March; Former St. Pete City Councilman Karl Nurse
This Sunday activists involved with last year’s Women’s March in St. Petersburg will be commemorating the occasion by holding another major rally, this time in Williams Park in downtown from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Joining us on the program to discuss the event were Lisa Perry and Lakeisha Black, two of the organizers of the event. Later… Read more »
Changes to HART’s Bus Routes Draw Pushback from Riders
Radioactivity Wednesday October 18 2017 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll have a discussion about the major changes to HART bus routes in Hillsborough County. There’s been some pushback from riders who say the changes make the bus system harder to use. Earlier this month HART- the transit authority in… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, August 24 – Hillsborough County School Board member April Griffin
Hillsborough County School Board member April Griffin was our guest for the entire hour. Originally elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010 and 2014, Griffin was a leader in the movement to hold former School Board Superintendent MaryEllen Elia accountable, and was one of four members of the board to vote to terminate her contract… Read more »
Transit options in Tampa Bay; tracking fracking in Florida
On MidPoint, we heard from a woman who has been pressuring Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran to take a stance on a fracking ban; we also talked about what’s at stake in upcoming government meetings on transportation, including Tampa Bay Next. Nathalia Assaad is a volunteer with Food & Water Watch. She grew up in… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, July 20 -Tampa International Airport CEO Joe Lopano
Joe Lopano has been running Tampa International Airport since 2011. Since that time, he’s added a number of direct international flights as mandated by his bosses at the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. He’s also leading the airport through a major $2.6 billion master plan, the first phase of which will be completed by next February… Read more »
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Is Uber’s Business Model Heading for Collapse?
The American Health Care Act stalls in the Senate The Republican Party’s long-promised repeal of “Obamacare” is in trouble after Senate GOP leaders, short of support, abruptly shelved a vote Tuesday on legislation aimed at fulfilling the pledge. The surprise development leaves the legislation’s fate uncertain while raising new doubts about whether President Donald Trump… Read more »
