Hillsborough Area Regional Transit is poised to get $15.1 million and says it will use some of the cash to buy 29 buses and refurbish 124 others. ...more

February 24, 2009

Last Tuesday, a discussion took place relative to "parking THE Bus." Hernando County commissioners asked County Administrator David Hamilton to come back at a later date with information that would help commissioners decide whether to cease the current bus service. ...more

February 1, 2009

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January 29, 2009

County Commissioner Jim Adkins could not make himself any plainer Tuesday: "I just want to know how to take the keys out of that bus," he said. ...more

January 28, 2009

So far, the county has signed up four local businesses to advertise on the side of THE Bus, Hernando County's mass transit system. ...more

January 25, 2009

Amtrak's Silver Star, which operates a daily northbound and southbound train through Tampa on its New York-Miami route, improved its on-time performance in December compared with the 12-month period, Amtrak records show. ...more

January 23, 2009

Amtrak's Silver Star, which operates a daily northbound and southbound train through Tampa on its New York-Miami route, improved its on-time performance in December compared with the 12-month period, Amtrak records show. ...more

January 22, 2009

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport reported a 1 percent decline in ridership in 2008, holding mostly steady thanks to a big surge in passengers for Allegiant Air and gains in Canadian traffic. ...more

January 15, 2009

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport reported a 1 percent decline in ridership in 2008, holding mostly steady thanks to a big surge in ridership by Allegiant Air and gains in Canadian traffic. ...more

January 14, 2009

Amtrak is suddenly hot, and nowhere is hotter right now than Tampa. Florida's 14.6 percent gain in passenger traffic from October 2007 through September 2008 is almost a third more than the national increase, and the Tampa station is leading the way. The city leads Amtrak's passenger growth in Florida with a whopping 33.5 percent gain in ridership in the last fiscal year. ...more

January 13, 2009