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TBARTA
Regional Rapid Transit: conservatives want to “learn more,” transit advocates are skeptical
A proposed express bus service from Wesley Chapel, through Tampa to St. Petersburg now has a name and seems to be moving forward; Regional Rapid Transit is bus service that would travel mostly along Interstate-275...
Tampa Bay Area Transit System on the Sustainable Living Program
On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program we talked about our Tampa Bay Area Transit System. Our guests were Marco Sandusky, Director of Government and Community Relations for Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART); Michael Case, Principal...
Mass Transit Advocate Kevin Thurman on Radioactivity Tuesday
Tallahassee Tries to Limit Local Government Power to Decide Transportation Future In recent days you may have been stuck in long traffic jams on the interstate highway system here in the Bay area. First there...
Hillsborough commissioners vote support for trails
Hillsborough County Commissioners agreed Wednesday to ask staff to identify priorities for new hiking and biking trail projects; Democratic Commissioner Pat Kemp proposed the special look at trails. “We seem to have had a little...
Transportation officials responds to criticism of TBX project
BY Rob Lorei Within the last month we have had several guests who opposed the TBX Project, which proposes to expand the interstate system throughout Tampa bay adding toll roads. Today we hear from Raymond Chiaramonte, Executive...
Hillsborough workgroup leans toward half-percent sales tax for transportation
Hillsborough workgroup leans toward half-percent sales tax for transportation
Veterans have new tool to find rides
Veterans have new tool to find rides
TBARTA works on 50 year transportation plan.
Traffic congestion may never fully ease in the Tampa Bay area, but regional transit officials want to do something about the clogged highway system, by providing some alternatives to cars. Today in Tampa, the Board...
Hillsborough County Transportation Task Force on transit funding.
There was hot debate today about the future of transportation at the Hillsborough County Commission. Their Transportation Task Force is working out plans for governance and oversight of the latest road, bus and rail projects,...
Tampa City Council meets with Hillsborough County Commission to discuss transportation
The election season is just months away, and local officials are already planning how to approach voters with ballot initiatives. Today was a big day for local government, as Tampa City Council and the Hillsborough...
Governor Crist signs rail bill into law
Today Governor Charlie Crist signed historic legislation for state and local rail systems. The bill passed in a Special Session of the Florida Legislature last week, which many say is the first step in also...
