Course correction: Region looks to finally move forward on traffic solutions

Tampa Bay’s transportation woes have vexed residents and businesses for years. Will a new source of funds — taxes — move the issue toward a solution?

Mark Wemple. Tyler Hudson and Christina Barker, pictured here aboard the TECO Line Streetcar in downtown Tampa, helped win passage of a sales-tax increase to fund transportation improvements in Hillsborough County.
Mark Wemple. Tyler Hudson and Christina Barker, pictured here aboard the TECO Line Streetcar in downtown Tampa, helped win passage of a sales-tax increase to fund transportation improvements in Hillsborough County.
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To paraphrase the theme song from "Smokey and the Bandit," Tyler Hudson and Christina Barker had a long way to go and a short time to get there, but in the end, they did what many said couldn’t be done.

 

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