Wheel deal: Streetcar service gets a big boost

All aboard for free fares in downtown Tampa.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. October 19, 2018
Transit authorities and local officials held a ribbon-cutting for the TECO Line Streetcar System's expanded service, which also includes free fares. Courtesy photo.
Transit authorities and local officials held a ribbon-cutting for the TECO Line Streetcar System's expanded service, which also includes free fares. Courtesy photo.
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Downtown Tampa residents and workers now have a car-free, no-cost way to get around town thanks to a $2.7 million Florida Department of Transportation grant that eliminates fares for the 2.7-mile, 11-stop TECO Line Streetcar System — which connects downtown Tampa with the Channel District and Ybor City — for the next three years.

 

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