Relying solely on cars to meet transportation needs is a road to nowhere, many residents told Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority officials during recent town-hall meetings. ...more

May 28, 2008

The Legislature put $2 million in the state budget this year to provide a small staff, offices and operating money for the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. ...more

May 27, 2008

During the 2007 legislative session, the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority was created. ...more

May 22, 2008

Backers of a controversial commuter rail deal in Orlando worked hard to gain allies in the last weeks of the legislative session, offering the enticement that its passage would help Tampa get its own rail system. ...more

May 3, 2008

West Pasco residents will get a chance next month to have a look at preliminary plans for a transit system on the Suncoast being formulated by the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. ...more

February 12, 2008

Reconvening after a four-month break, the county's Transportation Task Force on Monday quickly sketched out its main goal for next year: work with other agencies on a long-range transportation plan that emphasizes mass transit. ...more

December 4, 2007

Suffering the fatigue and muscle-weakening effects of post-polio syndrome, Joe Smith has nevertheless become the most energetic local advocate of better transit and roads. ...more

November 21, 2007

A long-range transit plan approved Tuesday would have trains and buses crisscrossing Hillsborough County, but officials say the plan is decades - and billions of dollars - from being realized. ...more

November 7, 2007

In his first meeting as chairman of a regional transportation authority, former Buccaneers linebacker Shelton Quarles saved the football analogies for the end. ...more

October 27, 2007

TAMPA - In his first meeting as chairman of a regional transportation authority, former Buccaneers linebacker Shelton Quarles saved the football analogies for the end. ...more

October 26, 2007