Jesse SchecknerNovember 29, 2022
8min0
More than a tenth of the money in this round of Federal Transit Administration set-asides is for Florida’s most populous county.
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Jesse SchecknerNovember 29, 2022Jesse SchecknerMarch 10, 2022
7min0
The trail runs parallel to the South Dade Transitway, which is undergoing a $368 million redevelopment to accommodate rapid bus.
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 28, 2021
4min1704
The service is expected to launch next Summer.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 28, 2020
5min535
The President tweeted the announcement himself.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 9, 2020
4min507
The funding covers staff and general agency expenses.
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 14, 2018
5min453
The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority tapped RSA Consulting and Suskey Consulting to manage its state-level lobbying now that the agency is under new leadership and focuses more on regional transit. The firms will try to draw down recurring state funding for the agency’s operations and identify funding for the proposed 42-mile bus rapid transit route connecting […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 22, 2018
4min811
David Green is the new executive director of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority (TBARTA). The authority’s Governing Board chose Green Friday from a list of four candidates. Green most recently served as Chief Executive Officer for the Greater Richmond Transit Co., where he successfully launched a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route and helped […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 17, 2015
4min183
A $1 million ask by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will not be funded in the state’s 2015 budget. The Legislature agreed on an $80 billion budget late Monday night, but it did not include proposed funding for a Bus Rapid Transit study for a Central Avenue route connecting downtown St. Petersburg and the beaches. […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 26, 2015
8min323
The Florida Senate has not placed a $1.25 million appropriation for Bus Rapid Transit in St. Pete in its budget. The funding would have paid for a BRT pilot program with express bus service running from downtown St. Pete to St. Pete Beach along First Avenues North and South. According to Clearwater Senator Jack Latvala […]