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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 17, 2018

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is going all-in for the All For Transportation plan, which seeks to raise sales tax 1 percent to fund transit and transportation improvements. “The lack of investment in our core transportation infrastructure has reached a crisis point,” Buckhorn said in his endorsement Wednesday. “We need funding for projects that reduce congestion, make […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 15, 2018

Good news for All For Transportation: Hillsborough County’s transportation initiative should pass if the latest polling holds true. In a St. Pete Polls survey, 48 percent of respondents said they would or have already voted yes on the All For Transportation referendum. Only 43 percent indicated they would or have already voted no. The transportation […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik took a rare step into the public and political spotlight Friday. He penned an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times urging voters to approve Hillsborough County Referendum No. 2, the county’s transportation and transit initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot. “Having studied this issue for over three years alongside fellow […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 11, 2018

More than 700,000 people are expected to move to Hillsborough County by 2045, according to the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s estimates. That’s a 52 percent increase to the county’s current 1.35 million population. An increase in residents means an increase in traffic. The campaign backing Hillsborough County Referendum No. 2 on the November 6 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018

With less than a month remaining before the Nov. 6 election, the All For Transportation campaign is trying to combat what it says is misinformation about the 1 percent sales tax referendum on the Hillsborough County ballot. “With an existing backlog of $9 billion in transportation projects and an estimated 700,000 more people expected to […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 6, 2018

The All for Transportation campaign raised more than $1 million during the second half of September, according to campaign finance documents filed with Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections. All three of the region’s major league sports teams — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Rays — contributed to the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 5, 2018

Americans for Prosperity-Florida launched 15-second television and radio ads Friday calling on Hillsborough County voters to reject a 1 percent sales tax increase for transportation and transit projects. Americans for Prosperity is a nationwide tax watchdog group that has chapters throughout the country. “Plans for a $230 million tax increase would give Hillsborough County the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 4, 2018

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The All for Transportation campaign launched its first television commercial Thursday, asking voters to approve Hillsborough County Referendum No. 2 raising sales tax 1 percent to fund billions in transportation and transit improvements. The ad highlights all the benefits and, in a strategic move, doesn’t mention the tax increase. The referendum would raise about $280 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 3, 2018

The three most dangerous intersections in Hillsborough County are clustered into a potentially deadly three-mile radius. Waters Avenue W. at Sheldon Road had 107 crashes spanning a little more than a year, data from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office shows. More than 200 accidents occurred on Waters Avenue at the intersections of Anderson Road and […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 2, 2018

Two Tampa Bay-area business groups voted Tuesday to endorse the All for Transportation referendum, a one-penny sales tax increase to fund sweeping transportation and transit improvements throughout Hillsborough County. The Upper Tampa Bay and South Tampa Chambers of Commerce each based their decision on referendum language that would provide funding for projects to relieve traffic […]

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Bob Buckhorn goes all-in with ‘All for Transportation’ plan

Poll: Hillsborough transportation initiative poised to pass

Jeff Vinik personally endorses Hillsborough transportation initiative

More traffic: Hillsborough County’s projected 30-year growth could fill Bucs games for more than a season

No ‘fake news’: All For Transportation clears up myths

Hillsborough transportation initiative rakes in $1 million as pro sports teams go all-in

AFP Florida fires salvo at Hillsborough transportation referendum

More taxes? Shhh: All for Transportation launches first TV ad

The ‘Hillsborough Triangle’: The 3 worst intersections for crashes

North Hillsborough, South Tampa Chambers all-in for transportation tax