Tampa Bay area officials urged to plan now for mass transit projectsBy Janet Zink, Times staff writerIn print: Wednesday, November 26, 2008TAMPA — Now is the time for the Tampa Bay area to come forward with mass transit plans, U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, told Hillsborough County leaders Tuesday.Mica, Republican leader of the HouseContinueContinue reading “Iorio: It’s Train Time For Tampa – Part 1”
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Oh, the joys of blogging!
Just look at the many things you’ll find by going to the TampaBLAB (by the way, it means Tampa Bay Local Area Bloggers). Anyways, as cyberspace becomes more advanced each day, more businesses, and even government agencies, are jumping onto the blogging bandwagon. Well today, I found that TBARTA has a page on Twitter, anotherContinueContinue reading “Oh, the joys of blogging!”
Iorio: It’s Train Time For Tampa – A summary
This post will begin a series in my blog dealing with the lack of rail in Tampa Bay. As some of you might already know, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio has been pushing a 1 cent sales tax to fund the project and hopes to get it to a public vote by 2010. But there’s tonsContinueContinue reading “Iorio: It’s Train Time For Tampa – A summary”
The future of Tampa’s mass transit may lie in the Obama Administration
HART posted a press release today stating that the Obama administration may give new hope to future HART projects, including the proposed light rail system. Here’s the full text… New Administration Could Fuel Tampa Bay Transit HART Projects in Line for Federal Funding November 5, 2008 – Tampa, Florida – As President-elect Barack Obama wasContinueContinue reading “The future of Tampa’s mass transit may lie in the Obama Administration”
Are you kidding me TBARTA?
The latest master plan out for TBARTA looks like a total joke. It seems like more buses will be in the picture than rail. Buses are good in a sense, but not for the heavily demanded areas, where rail lines are crucial. Along some highways, like US 19, Bus Rapid Transit will do no good.ContinueContinue reading “Are you kidding me TBARTA?”
HART hosts a BRT workshop
By now, you’ve probably heard the buzz about a Bus Rapid Transit (or BRT) system coming to Tampa. Well, HART has reached the next stage of the system finally becoming a reality. The agency has launched a study to implement the first phase of the system, which will run along Nebraska Avenue and Fletcher Avenue.ContinueContinue reading “HART hosts a BRT workshop”
Veterans Day
On Tuesday, November 11; some transit agencies will be running on limited services, while others will not run at all.HART: Saturday-level service all day. Express routes will not operate.PSTA: Weekday service all day. However, Routes 200X and 300X will not operate. Route 100X will operate as normal.MCAT/SCAT: Weekday service all day.
A big TBARTA snafu
You got that right, a big TBARTA snafu (okay maybe NOT THAT BIG), but a snafu nonetheless. And this has to do with a job post that they put out on one of those online job search sites. There were also posts put into the two area newspapers.To put everything in a nutshell, TBARTA postedContinueContinue reading “A big TBARTA snafu”
Tampa LRT – Red Line
Every two weeks or so, I will unveil a component of my vision for the Tampa area LRT.To start things off, here’s the Red Line, which would connect South Tampa to Wesley Chapel via Downtown Tampa.The main stops along this route include:Marion Transit Center (Downtown Tampa) – Orange, Navy, & Green LinesUniversity Area Transit CenterContinueContinue reading “Tampa LRT – Red Line”
My vision of Tampa’s rail system
This is a map of what I think Tampa’s light rail system should look like. Many destinations throughout the bay area are served, with others still not listed in the outskirt counties.
The Global Transit Guidebook 