Over the past several years, Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) has seen a steady increase in ridership. Some areas in fact, are warranting the need to new bus service, and SCAT would like to be able to service new areas where the demand for transit is needed. However, in this day and age where keepingContinueContinue reading “No New Funding (equals) Cutting existing service to accommodate new service”
Category Archives: Transit Districts
An additional note about the SouthShore Transit Circulator Study
As Zac wrote out in his post from Monday (3/10), the SouthShore Transit Circulator Study is aimed at improving mobility for residents in the SouthShore area, while maintaining an efficient connection to the rest of Hillsborough County. I would like to take a few moments to point out one thing that this study encompasses. WhicheverContinueContinue reading “An additional note about the SouthShore Transit Circulator Study”
SouthShore Transit Circulator Study
Currently the most under served area in the HART system, the SouthShore may be seeing some new transit options in the future. The SouthShore Transit Circulator Study, which began back on November 19, is looking for ways to improve the mobility of residents in the area, as well as improve access to key employment centers suchContinueContinue reading “SouthShore Transit Circulator Study”
Don’t sit around and do nothing! TAKE ACTION ON BETTER TRANSIT!
In recent months, we’ve seen the efforts of Greenlight Pinellas bringing forth more and more supporters who want better transit for Pinellas County. However, we’re also seeing that other municipalities have been reluctant to move forward with transit expansion plans, fearing that past attempts may come back to haunt them, or that fiscal conservatives may greatly swayContinueContinue reading “Don’t sit around and do nothing! TAKE ACTION ON BETTER TRANSIT!”
HART service changes for March 16, 2014
It’s almost that time again for the spring time routing/scheduling markup cycle for Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART). Although this cycle will mainly comprise of minor scheduling/timepoint/running time changes, the most sweeping change that will take effect this cycle will be the revision of Route 46 to serve the Valrico area. First, let’s quickly highlightContinueContinue reading “HART service changes for March 16, 2014”
HRT departs from daily ridership reporting
For quite a while now, Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) has been able to post ridership numbers on its bus system, as well as its light rail (LRT) and ferry lines, on a near-daily basis. Numbers would be posted on the agency’s website homepage for each of the three modes, and a calendar underneath its “PublicContinueContinue reading “HRT departs from daily ridership reporting”
February 2014 Update on HRT’s LRT Extension Studies
It’s been a while since I wrote about two ongoing studies to extend Norfolk, VA’s light rail line. Much has progressed during the past few months on both studies, but a long road still lies before Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) in terms of finalizing routes for both extensions, putting together the final costs for eachContinueContinue reading “February 2014 Update on HRT’s LRT Extension Studies”
HART needs your input about upgrading its website
Good Tuesday morning everyone! I just thought I would help spread the word to those in the Tampa Bay Area who use the HART bus system. Even if you don’t use HART on a regular basis, if you’ve visited their website, you’ll know that it is in need of a major update (for instance, thatContinueContinue reading “HART needs your input about upgrading its website”
Just…what if? Re-routing HART Route 51X along the I-4/Selmon Connector
With the new Interstate 4/Selmon Expressway Connector now open to traffic, something came to mind back in late December, 2013, that I think Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) should take a look into, although it may never come to reality. What I think HART should examine is the possibility of re-routing Route 51X to runContinueContinue reading “Just…what if? Re-routing HART Route 51X along the I-4/Selmon Connector”
November (early) Friday Rewind – Looking back at HART MetroRapid’s first few months of service
Happy Wednesday everyone! Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, I will not be publishing any blog posts on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Additionally, there will be no social media activities on Thursday, and such activity will be limited through the weekend. And because I’m treading lightly this holiday weekend, I’ve decided to publish this month’sContinueContinue reading “November (early) Friday Rewind – Looking back at HART MetroRapid’s first few months of service”
The Global Transit Guidebook 