One of the fastest-growing ways to travel today requires an average of 2.4 gallons of diesel fuel to go 1 mile. ...more

July 26, 2008

The 4:45 p.m. express bus from downtown to New Tampa is quickly becoming the hottest seat in town. ...more

July 25, 2008

The 4:45 p.m. express bus from downtown to New Tampa is quickly becoming the hottest seat in town. ...more

July 23, 2008

County keeps millage rates intact. ...more

July 23, 2008

NEW TAMPA - The 4:45 p.m. express bus from downtown to New Tampa is quickly becoming the hottest seat in town. ...more

July 22, 2008

It's hard to find a personal upside to high gasoline prices. We see more cars running out of gas on the roadside and family budgets are hurting. ...more

July 12, 2008

The FishHawk Park N' Ride lot is moving Monday to the new sports complex. ...more

July 2, 2008

permanently. With the county facing the most challenging budget preparation exercise in recent history, the subject of saving tax dollars by eliminating the $600,000-plus the county spends annually on this adventure is long overdue. ...more

July 1, 2008

After all the hand-wringing and worrying about oil, the American people have already found their own solution. Train ridership is up, small car sales and scooters are through the roof, and for the first time since 1974 the use of oil has declined. All this flailing about to find new sources of oil or punish oil speculators only muddies the waters of our need to change our ways. Any new sources of oil will only be temporary and further delay our eventual inevitable change to an alternative. ...more

June 29, 2008

I just did the arithmetic based on your front page story about THE Bus. Rounding the average ridership down to 600, given that the county annual payment is $600,000, the county pays an average of less than $1,000 per rider per year. Since THE Bus only runs for five days a week, that's $3.85 per rider per day and 32 cents per rider per operating hour. ...more

June 25, 2008