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In this Feb. 23, 2015 photo, a car is hauled from a canal in West Palm Beach, Fla. The driver was taken to a local hospital where he died. Palm Beach County has over 300 miles of canals, built to move water. Since 1997, 181 people have drowned in vehicles that ended in canals. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post via AP) LANNIS WATERS | AP
Drivers are drowning in Florida’s canals
Of the nearly 1,100 people nationwide who died from 2013 to 2017 when vehicles went into water, 1 in 6 died in Florida.
Oct. 12• Florida
Hillsborough, Pinellas install safety shields to protect bus drivers
Rekira Owens, a bus driver with the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, greets officials from behind a newly installed shield as they board a bus Thursday in Tampa. The clear divider is meant to protect drivers from physical assaults after a driver was killed in Tampa this year. CAITLIN JOHNSTON | Tampa Bay Times
The two transit agencies took action after a Hillsborough driver was stabbed and killed by a rider earlier this year.
Oct. 10• Transportation
Dr. Delay: It’s been more than a year. Will the I-275 S ramp to I-75 N ever reopen in Manatee County?
The Florida Department of Transportation originally closed the southbound I-275 ramp to northbound I-75 for 10 months to replace the entire bridge deck of the overpass, but it's taken more than a year to complete. A detour was created that will have drivers exit on the US-41 exit to take that road to College Avenue where drivers can get back to I-75.
When the project originally began on July 29, 2018, the Department of Transportation projected it would take 10 months to complete. A year and change later, some readers don’t see an end date in...
Oct. 9• Transportation
Pinellas looks to spend millions on transportation. But how to pay for it?
Pinellas County officials are focusing on reducing congestion, improving safety and enhancing transit as they consider more than $400 million in transportation projects. They're also looking at how to pay for it all, and the options include tax increases. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times
A sales tax, a property tax and a gas tax are among the options as officials consider a wish list totaling more than $400 million.
Oct. 5• Transportation

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  1. Drivers are drowning in Florida’s canals
    Oct. 12• Florida
    In this Feb. 23, 2015 photo, a car is hauled from a canal in West Palm Beach, Fla. The driver was taken to a local hospital where he died. Palm Beach County has over 300 miles of canals, built to move water. Since 1997, 181 people have drowned in vehicles that ended in canals. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post via AP) LANNIS WATERS | AP
    Of the nearly 1,100 people nationwide who died from 2013 to 2017 when vehicles went into water, 1 in 6 died in Florida.
  2. Plane filled with wrong fuel before crash that killed Tampa plastic surgeon, says NTSB
    Oct. 11• Hillsborough
    Dr. Daniel P. Greenwald, a well-known Tampa plastic surgeon, died on Oct. 5 when his twin-engine plane crashed soon after taking off from Kokomo Municipal Airport in Indiana. Greenwald family | Tim Bath/The Kokomo Tribune via AP
    An employee at the Kokomo Municipal Airport said Dr. Daniel P. Greenwald told him he wanted jet fuel for the Piper Aerostar. A friend says there’s no way he would have knowingly done so.
  3. Hillsborough, Pinellas install safety shields to protect bus drivers
    Oct. 10• Transportation
    Rekira Owens, a bus driver with the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, greets officials from behind a newly installed shield as they board a bus Thursday in Tampa. The clear divider is meant to protect drivers from physical assaults after a driver was killed in Tampa this year. CAITLIN JOHNSTON | Tampa Bay Times
    The two transit agencies took action after a Hillsborough driver was stabbed and killed by a rider earlier this year.
  4. ‘Pay by Plate’ will require Clearwater drivers to key in tag information
    Oct. 10• Clearwater
    A car on the south side of Cleveland Street at Osceola Avenue on Tuesday in downtown Clearwater. That block of Cleveland Street, which ends at Fort Harrison Avenue, provides 16 short term metered parking spaces, at left and right.
    The change to the new system will be gradual.
  5. Dr. Delay: It’s been more than a year. Will the I-275 S ramp to I-75 N ever reopen in Manatee County?
    Oct. 9• Transportation
    The Florida Department of Transportation originally closed the southbound I-275 ramp to northbound I-75 for 10 months to replace the entire bridge deck of the overpass, but it's taken more than a year to complete. A detour was created that will have drivers exit on the US-41 exit to take that road to College Avenue where drivers can get back to I-75.
    When the project originally began on July 29, 2018, the Department of Transportation projected it would take 10 months to complete. A year and change later, some readers don’t see an end date in...
  6. Delta adding nonstop flights between Tampa and Seattle next year
    Oct. 8• Business
    Delta will offer nonstop flights between Tampa and Seattle in March 2020. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press)
    The daily flights expand Tampa International Airport’s connections to the Pacific coast.
  7. Driver killed in Hillsborough crash identified as Ruskin man, 30
    Oct. 7• Hillsborough
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates. TMCCARTY | times staff
    Axel R. Figueroa was headed south on U.S. 41 when he left the road, overcorrected and collided with a tree, the Highway Patrol said.
  8. Pinellas looks to spend millions on transportation. But how to pay for it?
    Oct. 5• Transportation
    Pinellas County officials are focusing on reducing congestion, improving safety and enhancing transit as they consider more than $400 million in transportation projects. They're also looking at how to pay for it all, and the options include tax increases. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times
    A sales tax, a property tax and a gas tax are among the options as officials consider a wish list totaling more than $400 million.
  9. Nightmare on detour street sends cars the wrong way over Tampa Bay
    Oct. 3• Transportation
    Traffic heads west along Interstate 275 (at right) toward the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa. TIMES (2017) | Elliott, Loren
    Hillsborough Commissioner Pat Kemp was caught in the mess. Now, the state is smoothing the path to I-275.
  10. St. Pete Beach to offer minibus service to Pass-a-Grille
    Oct. 3• Pinellas
    St. Pete Beach will offer free shuttles to Pass-a-Grille. St. Pete Beach
    The service will replace PSTA buses south of the Don Cesar hotel
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