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Cleveland, Ohio, has one of the highest rated bus rapid transit lines in the country, with features including a dedicated traffic lane. Hillsborough transit officials are making plans for bus rapid transit line between downtown Tampa and the University of South Florida. [Greater Cleveland Regional Transit]
Plans unveiled for dedicated bus lanes from downtown Tampa to USF
The project, using All For Transportation sales tax revenue, would run along Florida Avenue, Fowler and Bruce B. Downs.
Dec. 12• Transportation
Forgot about the Maydell Drive Bridge? We haven’t, and neither have residents. Dr. Delay has the latest on the project.
The new Maydell Drive Bridge will be a multi-use bridge to cater to cars, bicyclists and pedestrians with travel lanes, 8-foot shoulders, and a barrier-separated 5' sidewalk & 10' trail. [Hillsborough County]
Hillsborough County closed the bridge in December 2015 after an independent engineering study found it was structurally unsound.
Dec. 11• Transportation
Cross-Bay Ferry ridership tops 11,600 in first month of new season
The Cross-Bay Ferry cruises along the Vinoy Yacht Basin as it heads toward Tampa. The Vinoy condominiums can be seen in the background. The city hopes to attract more vessels for entertainment and tourism to the downtown waterfront. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
Most of the increase is tied to an additional round-trip sailing on Sundays.
Dec. 5• Transportation
Tampa airport to add amenities for nursing moms and service dogs
Service dog Eleanor Rigby unexpectedly gave birth to eight puppies at Tampa International Airport as her human family was waiting near gate F81 to board a flight to Philadelphia in May 2018. The airport is getting ready to add pet-relief areas at its airsides for service dogs. (EMILY NIPPS | Tampa International Airport) [Tampa International Airport]
Work on the new amenities is expected to be completed by next July.
Dec. 6• Business

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  1. State Road 52 closed for 90 minutes after tractor trailer overturns
    Yesterday• Pasco
    State Road 52 was closed for an hour and a half Thursday morning after a car hauler overturned. [Florida Highway Patrol]
    The driver lost control of his vehicle as he tried to turn into the Flying J parking lot.
  2. Plans unveiled for dedicated bus lanes from downtown Tampa to USF
    Dec. 12• Transportation
    Cleveland, Ohio, has one of the highest rated bus rapid transit lines in the country, with features including a dedicated traffic lane. Hillsborough transit officials are making plans for bus rapid transit line between downtown Tampa and the University of South Florida. [Greater Cleveland Regional Transit]
    The project, using All For Transportation sales tax revenue, would run along Florida Avenue, Fowler and Bruce B. Downs.
  3. Forgot about the Maydell Drive Bridge? We haven’t, and neither have residents. Dr. Delay has the latest on the project.
    Dec. 11• Transportation
    The new Maydell Drive Bridge will be a multi-use bridge to cater to cars, bicyclists and pedestrians with travel lanes, 8-foot shoulders, and a barrier-separated 5' sidewalk & 10' trail. [Hillsborough County]
    Hillsborough County closed the bridge in December 2015 after an independent engineering study found it was structurally unsound.
  4. Santa’s bike shop builds 900 bikes for Tampa Bay kids in need
    Dec. 6• Transportation
    "Lefty Lucy, Righty Tighty?", Siomara Bridges-Mata, 32, asks her coworkers as they assemble one of 900 bikes Friday when Amalie Arena transformed into Santa's Bike Shop. Bridges-Mata volunteered with Frameworks of Tampa Bay, Inc. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    Local nonprofit Onbikes organizes the annual bike build to provide bicycles to kids in the community
  5. Tampa airport to add amenities for nursing moms and service dogs
    Dec. 6• Business
    Service dog Eleanor Rigby unexpectedly gave birth to eight puppies at Tampa International Airport as her human family was waiting near gate F81 to board a flight to Philadelphia in May 2018. The airport is getting ready to add pet-relief areas at its airsides for service dogs. (EMILY NIPPS | Tampa International Airport) [Tampa International Airport]
    Work on the new amenities is expected to be completed by next July.
  6. Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
    Dec. 6• Transportation
    This Wednesday, June 21, 2017, file photo shows the building that houses the headquarters of Uber, in San Francisco. Uber acknowledged more than 3,000 sexual assaults occurred during U.S. Uber rides in 2018, the company said in a long-awaited safety report. [ERIC RISBERG | AP]
    That figure includes 229 rapes across the company’s 1.3 billion rides.
  7. Florida environmentalists team up against toll road projects
    Dec. 5• The Buzz
    Michele Arceneaux, former president of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, speaks during a press conference against three proposed toll roads in the Florida Capitol on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. [LAWRENCE MOWER | Lawrence Mower]
    The announcement came as the Florida Chamber of Commerce touted the proposed roads.
  8. Cross-Bay Ferry ridership tops 11,600 in first month of new season
    Dec. 5• Transportation
    The Cross-Bay Ferry cruises along the Vinoy Yacht Basin as it heads toward Tampa. The Vinoy condominiums can be seen in the background. The city hopes to attract more vessels for entertainment and tourism to the downtown waterfront. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
    Most of the increase is tied to an additional round-trip sailing on Sundays.
  9. The light is green, but don’t turn right at this Largo intersection. Dr. Delay explores the rarity.
    Dec. 3• Transportation
    The intersection at Seminole Boulevard and East and West Bay Drive forbids drivers from turning right, even on a green light. [FDOT]
    The intersection at Seminole Boulevard and the East/West Bay Drive is the only one in the district where drivers are restricted on green-light turns.
  10. Let us carry guns, says HART driver who was slashed on bus
    Dec. 2• Transportation
    Abiona Adadevoh addresses the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority board Monday about an attack last month on bus driver Schnaider Prophete. Prophete, center, was saved bus bus rider John Phelps, right, when a passenger attacked him with mace and a box cutter. [Caitlin Johnston]
    The agency has installed safety shields to protect operators on about 80 percent of its fleet so far.
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