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Traffic backups like this one at Interstate 275 and I-4 near downtown Tampa could be eased via a $140 million state construction project to add lanes and improve safety. [Times (2008)]
Tampa’s Malfunction Junction fix could come sooner than expected
The $140 million modification to Interstate 275 and I-4 could be financed by $2 billion legislative appropriation.
Hillsborough sales tax refund pitched to court
Government lawyers are suggesting a plan to reimburse the public for the penny on the dollar sales tax paid for 27 months before the Florida Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. TIMES (2018)
Lawyers suggest the public apply for reimbursements and a three-judge panel would be the arbitrator.
Redlined Tampa bus routes leave riders waiting or walking
LUIS SANTANA | Times Bus riders get off a Hart bus at the University Area Transit Centerl on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Tampa.
The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority has 300 routes but only 250 drivers, the transit union says.
Sun Country Airlines launching flights from St. Pete-Clearwater to Minneapolis
Sun Country Airlines will launch a direct flight from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., this fall.
It marks a return to Pinellas for the carrier, which operated there from 2006 to 2008.

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  1. Spring Hill man, 39, struck and killed while riding bicycle on U.S. 19, troopers say
    Earlier today• Pasco
    A Spring Hill man, 39, was struck and killed by a car while riding his bike on U.S. 19, troopers said.
  2. Tampa woman, 84, struck and killed while running across I-275, troopers say
    Earlier today• Hillsborough
    A woman was struck and killed Sunday night while running across Interstate 275 south of Fowler Avenue, troopers said.
  3. Driver who died had posted videos riding in Tesla on Autopilot
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    This July 8, 2018 photo shows a Tesla 2018 Model 3 sedans sitting on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colo. The driver of a Tesla Model 3 involved in a fatal crash that California highway authorities said may have been on operating on Autopilot posted social media videos of himself riding in the vehicle without his hands on the wheel or foot on the pedal. The May 5, 2021, crash in Fontana, a city 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, is also under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The probe is the 29th case involving a Tesla that the federal agency has probed.
  5. Tampa chemical trucking company sold to CSX in ‘game-changer’ shipping deal
    May 12• Business
    Tampa's Quality Carriers is being sold to the CSX Corp., creating a sprawling new multimodal liquid chemical shipping network.
  6. Tampa’s Malfunction Junction fix could come sooner than expected
    May 12• Transportation
    Traffic backups like this one at Interstate 275 and I-4 near downtown Tampa could be eased via a $140 million state construction project to add lanes and improve safety. [Times (2008)]
  7. Hillsborough sales tax refund pitched to court
    May 10• Transportation
    Government lawyers are suggesting a plan to reimburse the public for the penny on the dollar sales tax paid for 27 months before the Florida Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. TIMES (2018)
  8. Tampa airport strikes car sharing deal, allowing for peer-to-peer rentals
    May 6• Business
    Travelers walk inside Tampa International Airport's Rental Car Center in Tampa, Florida, on March 19, 2021.
  9. Hillsborough considers premier of New Tampa Performing Arts Center
    May 4• Hillsborough
    A conceptual drawing, by FleischmanGarcia Architecture, of the proposed New Tampa Performing Arts Center on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard across from the main entrance to Hunter's Green.
  10. Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year
    May 2• Transportation
    Brad Hudson, who has returned to riding public transit in Los Angeles, said the experience has changed since the pandemic.
  11. As road maintenance needs soar, Pinellas considers raising gas tax
    May 1• Pinellas
    David Cunningham, 55, from Tampa fills up at the Shell Gas Station at 2210 Dr ML King Jr St N in St. Petersburg Wednesday afternoon (08/08/17).
  12. Redlined Tampa bus routes leave riders waiting or walking
    Apr. 29• Transportation
    LUIS SANTANA | Times Bus riders get off a Hart bus at the University Area Transit Centerl on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Tampa.
  13. Sun Country Airlines launching flights from St. Pete-Clearwater to Minneapolis
    Apr. 27• Business
    Sun Country Airlines will launch a direct flight from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., this fall.
  14. Rollover crash on Courtney Campbell injures two, blocks traffic
    Apr. 26• Clearwater
    A rollover crash on the Courtney Campbell Causeway has left two people injured and is slowing traffic.
  15. 2 drivers, 19 and 65, killed in head-on crash near Zephyrhills
    Apr. 25• Breaking News
    A man and a woman died when their vehicles collided today on a road near Zephyrhills.
  16. Pickup driver jailed after DUI crash kills motorcyclist on Courtney Campbell
    Apr. 25• Tampa
    Wilbur Eric French, 57, of Clearwater, was arrested Sunday on charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
  17. Express buses from Pasco to St. Petersburg now favored regional transit option
    Apr. 23• Transportation
    A rendering from WSP Engineering shows what a potential neighborhood station could look like for a 41-mile bus transit line connecting Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.
  18. Time running out on bid for state money to fund West Shore Interchange project
    Apr. 22• Transportation
    The Florida Department of Transportation has postponed plans to improve roadways in the West Shore Interchange area until 2026. Renderings show planned modifications to general purpose lanes, additional tolled express lanes and a new, two-lane flyover ramp.
  19. U.S. traffic deaths surged by the most in nearly a century in 2020
    Apr. 22• Transportation
    As more Americans start commuting to work and hitting the roads after a year indoors, they’ll be returning to streets that have gotten deadlier.
  20. Flying turtle hits woman in car on Florida interstate
    Apr. 22• Florida
    A turtle suns itself on a fallen branch in along the banks for the Weeki Wachee River in Hernando County.
  21. Traffic slows on I-275 south after crash at Howard/Armenia in Tampa
    Apr. 21• Transportation
    A crash on Interstate 275 at Howard/Armenia slowed traffic Wednesday morning.
  22. Family of Lee Roy Selmon takes a spin on new expressway extension
    Apr. 19• Transportation
    Chris Selmon, youngest son of late Tampa Bay Buccaneer legend Lee Roy Selmon, walks with his mother Claybra Selmon along the new Selmon Expressway West extension during its grand opening Monday.
  23. Selmon extension opens to Tampa Bay commuters today
    Apr. 19• Transportation
    A concrete grinding machine is used to finish the roadway surface on the westbound lanes of the Selmon Extension, a 1.9-mile toll lane located in the median of Gandy Boulevard, where construction continues on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Tampa. The extension will allow a choice for local residents and regional travelers: use Gandy Boulevard for local destinations or use the Selmon Extension for a direct connection to the Selmon Expressway or the Gandy Bridge.
  24. Pete Buttigieg is right: Racism shaped some urban highways | PolitiFact
    Apr. 16• Transportation
    The Overtown neighborhood in Miami.
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