The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority began soliciting ideas from the public Tuesday for possible alignments of light rail, bus rapid transit and other mobility systems in a series of open houses that continues through Thursday.
Several dozen people walked into the first HART session at One Tampa City Center to study charts and discuss transportation options with HART officials.
"The main thing they need to be concerned about is interconnectivity," said Tampa architect John Howey.
Howey expressed concern that previous transportation planning sessions he attended did not provide enough detail about proposals to link a possible light rail network with high-speed rail and other transit improvements in the area.
HART officials are considering multiple alignments within a study area from USF-Downtown and Downtown-West Shore that contains 18.5 percent of the population and 56.7 percent of Hillsborough County's employment.
The public input will become part of an "Alternatives Analysis Study" that consultant PB Americas began conducting in June as part of a required federal funding process.
Today, meetings will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Loretta Ingraham Recreational Complex, 1615 Hubert St.
Thursday, HART will hold a meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 Fowler Ave.
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