Holiday service changes

A few changes have been made to the winter holiday schedule for HART. The agency has introduced Sunday-level service on New Year's Day, as opposed to having no bus service on that day in years past. Routes that do not run during Sundays will not operate on New Year's Day. http://www.gohart.org/departments/marketing/news/holiday_schedule_fy10.html

December Website News/Updates

Since I'm on winter break until January 10, 2010, I have decided to take down the Tampa Bay Transit website to expand the content that will be made available for you. This includes a whole collection of never-before seen transit mementos from HART during the 1990s. I will be incorporating a brand new design forContinue reading "December Website News/Updates"

November Transit Update

SCAT: From my understanding, the proposed SCAT express service to St. Pete has been put on hold until later in 2010. The agency is still awaiting an order of several motorcoach-style buses to use on the service. The proposed Tampa leg will not likely come online until 2011 or 2012, about the time the HART'sContinue reading "November Transit Update"

NEW! The Tampa Bay Transit Website

    Originally posted: November 9, 2009 Updated: March 8, 2013 Hi there all, I am posting again to introduce the new Tampa Bay Transit website. Here you can find information, history, and photos of the various transit agencies in Tampa Bay. It is actually an "inheritance" from an aquaintance of mine who originally started the site,Continue reading "NEW! The Tampa Bay Transit Website"

October Transit Update

I know I said before that I wouldn't make another post til December. But there have been many developments on the transit front here in Tampa Bay that I should quickly point out. HART System: All of the new 29XX Gillig Low Floor 40ft buses are in service since October 1, 2009. Many of theseContinue reading "October Transit Update"

So long for now….

With my newest posts and photos in place, I will temporarly close out this blog until mid December when all of my semester exams are done. I appologize for the inconvenience during this time. Come celebrate 30 years of transit excellence in Hillsborough Co. HART is turning 30! So to kick off the celebrations, HARTContinue reading "So long for now…."

As new buses roll in, the Phantoms roll out……to retirement…..

Yes people, the transition is well on now. A couple sources have told me that HART now has 9 new Gillig Low Floor buses in service, that is, buses 2901 through 2909. Until early September, HART will continue to recieve about four to five buses per week until the final count of 30 is fulfilled.Continue reading "As new buses roll in, the Phantoms roll out……to retirement….."

A look at the buses

Lets take a look at the various types of buses that each transit agency has. In no particular order at all, we'll visit the older high-floor bus fleets, then onward to the newer low-floor models. Before we begin, I would like to thank those who allowed me to use their photos in this post (pleaseContinue reading "A look at the buses"