Supporters of mass transit say a penny increase in the sales tax would pay for mass transit that would alleviate traffic gridlock. ...more

March 30, 2009

The city's transit czar is creating a transit-themed Web site. Transit Manager Elaine McCloud said Mayor Pam Iorio's rail vision will be front and center of a city-run Web site devoted to mass transit. ...more

October 20, 2008

You can leave the car at home. Really. Find out how from groups ready to sell you on carpools, bicycles and mass transit options. Stick around for the free pizza, T-shirts and prizes. ...more

October 7, 2008

An effort in Hillsborough County to push for transit-friendly developments was delayed until the end of the month. ...more

October 6, 2008

Want to find an extra $8,000 a year for home improvement projects? Consider taking public transportation. The American Public Transportation Association estimates that the average driver can save $672 a month. Traveling by city bus or rail has become easier thanks to a new trip-planning service from Google that provides customized mass transit information and traveling routes for cities around the world. ...more

September 18, 2008

Gustav slammed into Cuba's tobacco-growing western tip as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane Saturday, and Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the storm as it roared toward the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans. ...more

August 31, 2008

The Mississippi River pushed relentlessly past dozens of levees this month. Towns were submerged, their buildings tiny islands in murky water. Ducks paddled on ponds that had once been farmland. Some flooding was inevitable, given the force of the swollen Mississippi. But a poorly managed flood-defense system did not help. ...more

July 6, 2008

How illegal immigration was stopped in 1954 Many of our citizens believe that we cannot get rid of the millions of illegal immigrants we now have in our country and eliminate the cost and problems they cause. Fortunately, President Eisenhower showed us how to do it in 1954 and it worked for many years. ...more

November 28, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough residents can glimpse a new transit plan that would have trains and buses crisscrossing the county. ...more

October 16, 2007