http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog.aspx 10 Blog The second round of the City of Tampa’s InVision Tampa Knowledge Exchange on Wednesday night featured the “public realm,” which is something that Tampa and the entire region needs to think more about. The public realm can be defined as anything that is not privately owned. ... Blog Thu, 17 May 2012 17:02:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/invision-tampa-part-2-the-public-realm-and-the-friendship-trail-bridge.aspx By Kevin Thurman, Save Tampa Bay's Friendship Trail Bridge The proposed renovations to the Friendship Trail Bridge. From FriendshipTrailBridge.com In April, a group of citizens were given 30 days to come up with an alternative plan for demolition of the Friendship Trail Bridge. Tuesda... Blog Wed, 09 May 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/a-vision-beyond-demolition-transforming-the-friendship-trail-bridge.aspx The fourth in a series. What is the value of old public works? Is it more valuable to save and update for a new generation? Or is it more valuable to destroy? What if that public work represents something more than what its use is? These are the questions that the Save The Friendship Trail Bridge ... Blog Wed, 02 May 2012 14:27:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/mobility-mike-on-a-bike-save-the-friendship-trail-bridge.aspx InVision Tampa: Part 1, 4.12.12: InVision Tampa Part 1: Positive gearing together From The Streets: 4.10.12: From The Streets: A New Future for the Friendship Trail Bridge 2.16.12: From The Streets: The loss of high-speed rail made me lose my job 1.9.12: From The Streets: Transportation proje... Blog Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:43:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/tampa-bay-on-track-series-posts.aspx By Alan Snel, SWFBUD (South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers), the alliance of Tampa Bay retail bicycle stores and bicycle lawyers committed to growing bicycling in Tampa Bay, is proud to announce that SWFBUD member lawyer J. Steele Olmstead is donating $2,000 to the Tampa Police Department for ... Blog Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:04:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/swfbud-member-donates-2000-to-tampa-police-for-more-share-the-road-car-decals.aspx The second in a series. Like an aging actress, Bayshore Boulevard is either proudly modern or past her prime. It is either beloved or considered overrated. Since I’ve moved to South Tampa, my opinion of the roadway has changed. Sure, it has a long sidewalk and views of stately homes and the ... Blog Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:06:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/mobility-mike-on-a-bike-bayshore-boulevard-of-dreams.aspx The City of Tampa began its InVision Tampa exercises with a packed room at the downtown Tampa Hyatt. Tables were filled with about 2000 attendees excited to be participating in a planning process for Tampa's central neighborhoods; downtown, Ybor City, West Tampa, Tampa Heights and North Hyde Pa... Blog Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:51:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/invision-tampa-part-1-positive-gearing-together.aspx By Kevin Thurman, FriendshipTrailBridge.com In 1999, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties opened the longest pedestrian bridge in the world – the Friendship Trail Bridge.   On that day, the Tampa Bay region had something that places like Charlotte and San Diego and even New York and San ... Blog Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:29:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/from-the-streets-a-new-future-for-the-friendship-trail-bridge.aspx On April 5, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad spoke in Tampa about the future of transportation funding in the state. Speaking at hotel with views of the Courtney Campbell Causeway and Howard Frankland Bridge, Prasad said the state will, “put tolls where it is possib... Blog Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:53:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/ignorance-of-transportation-funding-is-not-bliss.aspx The first in a series. There is a certain level of guts required to be a professional cyclist. To go 40 mph around corners, while balancing on tires as narrow as two of your fingers, is more than skill or athletic ability. You have to trust your own instincts and those of the riders around you; oth... Blog Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:12:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/mobility-mike-on-a-bike-cigar-city-brewing-criterium--street-festival.aspx By Tampa Downtown Partnership, The Fourth Annual Cigar City Brewing Criterium and Street Festival - presented by Bright House Networks and produced by the Tampa Downtown Partnership will take place in Tampa's Downtown in and around Lykes Gaslight Square on Saturday, March 31 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m... Blog Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:02:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/cigar-city-brewing-criterium--street-festival-draws-athletes-and-fans-to-tampas-downtown.aspx All Aboard Florida is currently a brochure and website. Using a coastal railroad and a little bit of nostalgia, All Aboard Florida promises services from Orlando to Miami at 110 miles per hour by 2014. The line plans to connect to international airports, SunRail in Central Florida, TriRail in South ... Blog Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:32:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/is-tampa-bay-becoming-a-dotted-line.aspx On March 27, the Pinellas County Commission considered changes to their County Comprehensive Transportation Plan. The changes were related to St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. However, opponents of transit in Pinellas County took the opportunity to oppose the Pinellas Alternatives Ana... Blog Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:33:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/tampa-bay-partnership-statement-transit-for-pinellas-county.aspx The Tampa Bay region is in dire need of transportation funding. Our ports need freight connections, our interstates need additional capacity, our streets are unsafe for pedestrians and our transit systems lack the ability to serve growing ridership. It is for these reasons the Tampa Bay Partnership... Blog Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/tampa-bay-partnership-statement-in-support-of-senate-transportation-bill.aspx Speaking in front of the unfinished portion of Interstate 275 in Tampa, Rep. Kathy Castor called on her House colleagues to take on the Senate’s transportation reauthorization bill. With the March 31 deadline approaching, and the Senate’s measure passing with nearly 80 percent support, t... Blog Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:23:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/tampa-bay-rep-castor-and-local-leaders-push-for-senate-transportation-bill.aspx The third in a series. The Pinellas Trail might be the finest public works project in the Tampa Bay region not named Sunshine Skyway or Tampa International Airport. While those two are admired in the region as world-class, the Pinellas Trail is more likely viewed as a long park. But the northern ... Blog Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:04:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/mobility-mike-on-a-bike-pinellas-trail-tarpon-springs-to-clearwater.aspx Last year, Gov. Rick Scott cost me my job. I was employed as an architectural historian at a small cultural resources management company in Tampa when Scott announced on Feb. 16, 2011, that he was rejecting $2.4 billion in federal funding that was to go toward a $2.65 billion high-speed rail line l... Blog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/from-the-streets-the-loss-of-high-speed-rail-made-me-lose-my-job.aspx The Cigar City Brewing Criterium & Festival is back in Tampa’s Downtown on March 31 at Lykes Gaslight Square Park. In its fourth year, the Criterium bike races have grown in terms of events and stature. For the 2012 version, new family events have been added to the schedule, prize purses a... Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/the-cigar-city-brewing-criterium--festival-returns-march-31.aspx On Monday, the Tampa Tribune reported what many high-speed rail supporters already knew, but wanted confirmed: Florida high-speed rail would have made money. According to the Tribune, the Florida Rail Enterprise study estimated high-speed rail between Tampa and Orlando would make $4.3 million ... Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/the-missed-opportunities-of-high-speed-rail.aspx The Pinellas Alternatives Analysis study's project advisory committee selected light rail as the prefered technology on a 24-mile route between Clearwater and St. Petersburg, via Gateway. For our coverage of the Pinellas study, check out these stories below: The potential of Pinellas light ra... Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:35:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/pinellas-light-rail-plans-roll-forward.aspx The reality of Pinellas County was laid out in blunt terms by HART board member Dr. Steve Polzin. During their joint meeting with PSTA on January 9, Polzin noted that while Hillsborough County grew 23 percent in the last decade, Pinellas shrunk by a half percent. Pinellas County is the most densely ... Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:21:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/the-potential-of-pinellas-light-rail-jobs-in-livable-communities.aspx Friday afternoon, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Rep. Kathy Castor, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard and business leaders from across the region to discuss transportation at the offices of the Tampa Bay Partnership. (Tampa Bay On Track is a project of the Tampa Bay Partn... Blog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:09:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/ray-lahood-joins-community-leaders-at-tampa-bay-partnership.aspx When I started my job in Westshore, I thought about moving to South Tampa. Ultimately, I chose to stay in St. Pete, knowing I would have to deal with my friend Howie Frankland every day. I took that trade not because I like St. Pete more than Tampa. It was because I love St. Pete and I like Tampa. ... Blog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:21:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/st-pete-shannon-light-rail-for-a-cool-pinellas.aspx Proponents of a regional passenger rail system in Tampa Bay frustrated with a lack of progress need only look to the area's past transportation improvements for perspective on just how much patience these projects require. In the Sunday, Jan. 1, edition of the Tampa Bay Times, Craig Pittman and Car... Blog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:25:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/from-the-streets-transportation-projects-take-time-history-shows.aspx 2012 does offers opportunities for success in building a world-class regional transportation system in Tampa Bay. While we may not turn dirt on new mass transit projects, road projects will open the door for future mass transit services. In August, the Republican National Convention could be a bless... Blog Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:52:00 GMT http://www.tampabayontrack.org/blog/tampa-bay-on-track-2012-preview.aspx