Tampa's streetcar — free to ride, but for how much longer?
The route’s ridership continues to soar. But the TECO Line Streetcar faces an uncertain financial future.
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The route’s ridership continues to soar. But the TECO Line Streetcar faces an uncertain financial future.
TAMPA — The sunshine-yellow streetcars that rumble between downtown Tampa and Ybor City have evolved from an oft-disparaged tourist attraction into one of the region’s few reliable public transit options for those lucky enough to benefit from their 2.7-mile footprint. Free to ride for about five years, the line welcomed more riders last month than any in its modern history. But the route’s ...
The Florida Department of Transportation is proposing changes to U.S. 301 from Fowler Avenue and SR 56, which would include widening the existing two-lane undivided roadway.
Since 2015, the Florida Department of Transportation has installed devices to alert drivers when they're driving the wrong way. Now, more are coming to the Bay area.
Wrong-way drivers can cause serious and even deadly crashes, and state officials are giving a closer look at the technology used to help deter the problem.