State and local transportation officials got an earful from residents and business owners at a meeting today to help them sort through the maze of ongoing and future road projects in South Tampa. ...more

July 29, 2008

The Hillsborough County School District will hold several more meetings on school transportation between today and the start of the school year Aug. 18. The meetings will be held to explain bus routes to parents and address questions they might have, schools spokesman Steve Hegarty said. ...more

July 21, 2008

Two lanes of southbound Memorial Highway at Spruce Street near Tampa International Airport have reopened after a single-vehicle accident shut down the roadway for more than an hour, Florida Department of Transportation officials said. ...more

July 16, 2008

As passengers settle into the wide, reclining seats, the train pulls out of Union Station at the edge of downtown Tampa. ...more

June 22, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Describing gasoline pumps as "the real one-armed bandits," Pinellas County public transportation officials today kicked off a push to get more people to ride the buses. ...more

June 18, 2008

A plan to build a 3-mile road to ease traffic in North Tampa is dead. ...more

June 14, 2008

A plan to build a 3-mile road to ease traffic in North Tampa is dead. The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority, in consultation with the city of Tampa, killed the project Thursday, citing concerns about high toll rates, among other issues. ...more

June 13, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 4, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 3, 2008

Bobby Lightfoot braced himself as the train engineer hit the brakes in the Polk County rail yard, but the hard stop rippled through the railroad cars to where Lightfoot stood, throwing him over a railing and onto the pavement 8 feet below. ...more

May 2, 2008