Transit forum gets ideas moving

Leaders and experts gathered last week to turn talk into action toward solving Tampa Bay's transportation woes.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. July 27, 2018
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Mark Wemple. Downtown St. Petersburg could be linked with Tampa and Wesley Chapel if a bus rapid transit plan comes to fruition.
Mark Wemple. Downtown St. Petersburg could be linked with Tampa and Wesley Chapel if a bus rapid transit plan comes to fruition.
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The Beach Boys’ “I Get Around” could be the anti-theme song of commuters in the Tampa Bay region, whose patchy, inadequate public transit and clogged highways and interstates make getting to and from work the subject that everyone loves to hate — and talk about, ad nauseum.

There are signs that talk is beginning to turn into action, however.

Vology CEO Barry Shevlin. Courtesy photo.
Vology CEO Barry Shevlin. Courtesy photo.

 

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