What topic instantly evokes a conversational bond among a diverse array of strangers from both Pasco and Pinellas counties? ...more

January 10, 2009

A series of public workshops will explain changes to U.S. 19 in the next few years. ...more

November 19, 2008

A series of public workshops will explain where the rubber meets the road when it comes to U.S. 19 changes in the next few years. ...more

November 15, 2008

Is the Garden State Parkway the highway to hell? Or is the New Jersey Turnpike the road to damnation? Someone keeps stealing the metal signs at mile marker 66.6 along the heavily traveled toll roads, and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is having a devil of a time keeping up with the thefts. ...more

September 29, 2008

A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation brought calls for immediate repairs to other spans, two of every three of the busiest problem bridges in each state - carrying nearly 40 million vehicles a day - have had no work beyond regular maintenance. ...more

July 31, 2008

Central Pasco's home-building boom may have ended for the moment, but the road-building boom is only beginning. ...more

June 12, 2008

only beginning. Wesley Chapel road projects dominate the latest list of highway construction scheduled to kick off between this fall and early 2013. The project roster will go before a public hearing at 10 a.m. today when the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the county's transportation planning agency, meets at the historic Pasco County Courthouse in Dade City. MPO director Doug Uden said the list ensures a given project will get state or county funds during the five-year window for anything from preliminary engineering to construction. Most of the road projects take several years to go from start to finish. ...more

June 11, 2008

A little more than a year after the notorious intersection of interstates 4 and 275 in downtown Tampa was upgraded, traffic is again slowing down and sometimes grinding to a halt, and not just during rush hours. ...more

February 24, 2008

TAMPA - Cruising down a boring highway, you look for anything that breaks the monotony. There, up ahead, you spot one. It may be laugh-out-loud funny or mildly amusing. Or you may scratch your head and conclude that it is just an inside joke you don't get. ...more

February 8, 2008

TAMPA - State and county highway rights of way usually extend well beyond the pavement, even in residential areas where, a few inches from the asphalt is someone's lawn. ...more

November 2, 2007