On Sunday, March 26, 2017, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) will enact minor scheduling and running time changes to Routes 5, 7, 12, and 32. On Monday, March 27, changes will be effective on Routes 31, 36, 46, 47LX, 53LX, 57, and 200X. The most significant changes are that Routes 36 and 46 get aContinueContinue reading “HART Service Changes – Effective 3/26/17”
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HART achieves ISO 14001 Certification for Environmental Sustainability and Management
On Monday, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit announced that it has earned the prestigious ISO 14001 Certification for its Environmental Sustainability and Management System (ESMS). Why is this important? Because only 13 transit agencies in the US have met the standards needed to earn this certification, and HART has become the first and only transit agency inContinueContinue reading “HART achieves ISO 14001 Certification for Environmental Sustainability and Management”
OneBusAway – PSTA
If you visited Hillsborough Area Regional Transit’s OneBusAway desktop website (http://tampa.onebusaway.org/enterprise/) this morning, you may have noticed something different. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus routes were indeed showing up on HART’s OBA interface, rather than HART’s own routes (though HART Routes 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 30,ContinueContinue reading “OneBusAway – PSTA”
Why Privatizing Public Transit is BAD NEWS
The debate has sprung up at least a couple of times in the past five years here in Tampa Bay, but now it seems that the debate on whether to contract out public transit agencies to a private operator is gaining some steam. Right smack dab in the middle of this debate are at leastContinueContinue reading “Why Privatizing Public Transit is BAD NEWS”
Tampa Dreams of SunRail
Metro Orlando is very grateful to have SunRail! Because here in Tampa Bay, it’s hard to build a better transportation network without a meaningful passenger rail system. In collaboration with the SunRail Riders group – which advocates for better service on the SunRail Commuter Rail system in Orlando – I’m going to talk about SunRail and the challengesContinueContinue reading “Tampa Dreams of SunRail”
HART Service Changes for Spring, 2015
It’s that time of year again to report on service changes for Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART). For this round of service changes, effective Sunday, April 26, 2015, several routes will see scheduling and/or time point changes to help improve efficiency throughout the system. Routes 8, 9, 31, 36, and 53LX will see scheduling changesContinueContinue reading “HART Service Changes for Spring, 2015”
Changes to SB I-275 through WestShore
This upcoming Friday evening, a huge traffic alignment shift is scheduled to occur, weather permitting. All southbound lanes of I-275 between the I-4 junction and State Road 60 will be closed beginning at 11:30pm Friday night. Those lanes should begin to reopen, along the new alignment, around 5:30am. During this time, all traffic will beContinueContinue reading “Changes to SB I-275 through WestShore”
On delivery – HART’s new CNG Gilligs
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) welcomed eight of 22 brand new swanky Compressed Natural Gas-powered 40-foot Gillig Low Floor buses this week. These buses will largely replace the remaining 2001 and some of the 2002 fleet, which are reaching the ends of their useful lives. #1522 will replace #2416, which caught fire last year whileContinueContinue reading “On delivery – HART’s new CNG Gilligs”
Go Hillsborough – Part 1 – An Overview
Let the discussion begin You’ve likely been hearing about it over the past few months, but now the official public outreach process has begun in Hillsborough County. What is this outreach process about exactly? It’s about building a better transportation network throughout the county. Because let’s face it, we’re at a pivotal crossroads right now,ContinueContinue reading “Go Hillsborough – Part 1 – An Overview”
ALERT: I-275 Southbound exit to WestShore Blvd IS NOW CLOSED for approximately five months
Here’s a head’s up to those who drive along I-275 to get to the WestShore Business District from downtown Tampa and points east and north, as well as those who routinely use Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) Route 61LX. On Thursday, January 8, 2015, the WestShore Blvd off-ramp from I-275 southbound (Exit 40A) was shut down,ContinueContinue reading “ALERT: I-275 Southbound exit to WestShore Blvd IS NOW CLOSED for approximately five months”
The Global Transit Guidebook 