Tag: All for Transportation

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 2019
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The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting applications for the Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) charged with auditing transportation spending plans under the county’s new one percent sales tax. The county must seat four members on the committee, two of which must have at least seven years experience in transportation, planning, sustainability, engineering, or […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 11, 2019
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The Tampa Bay Partnership doesn’t think the candidates selected to lead Hillsborough County’s transit agency are experienced enough to lead the agency through a period of rebuilding and expanding expected as its budget soars from just $80 million annually to $200 million. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority’s Board of Directors short-listed four candidates for […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 9, 2019
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The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors heard from internationally acclaimed transit planner Jarrett Walker as members begin to look forward to an agency with vastly more buying power than it has ever had before.  Agency leaders met with Walker privately after the public meeting to talk about potentially hiring him as a consultant, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 7, 2019
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The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority’s Board of Directors narrowed its list of potential CEOs to four during a meeting Monday. The short list includes one internal applicant and others from Jacksonville, Atlanta and Lexington, Kentucky. The board’s internal candidate is HART Chief Administrative Officer and Chief of Staff Kenyatta Lee. “As an internal candidate, […]


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