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June 12, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- They used to have a joke at the Pasco County Public Transportation offices. "Maybe we should paint faces on the windows so people will think the buses are full," Adelaida "Adie" Reyes, the county's community services director, said, referring to PCPT's fixed-route bus system. The Pasco transportation manager, Mike Carroll, smiled at the recollection. He and Reyes can now look back at that former piece of in-house gallows humor and smile. These days, PCPT buses now logs more than 1 million riders a year. ...more

June 7, 2008

Government Social Club Ongoing widespread staff wrongdoings and wrangling at county government suggest it is a well-endowed social club interrupted occasionally by work. Generously compensated people are paid by overtaxed citizens to be members of it. ...more

June 5, 2008

The city has decided to close down its struggling bus system. City Manager David Sollenberger said he is terminating Strawberry Express at the end of next month at an annual savings of $182,500. ...more

May 28, 2008

As gas prices reach new highs, Americans are driving fewer miles. A study by the U.S. Department of Transportation shows the sharpest decline ever for March. Compared with the same month a year ago, U.S. motorists drove 11 billion fewer miles. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Hotel Building Ballroom The Sheraton Riverwalk Hotel in downtown Tampa has begun construction of a $3 million riverfront ballroom as part of $6 million in upgrades since Virginia-based Crescent Hotels and Resorts bought the hotel in September. ...more

May 21, 2008

Ridership at Tampa International Airport declined 0.7 percent in January, compared with January 2007, to 766,014 departing passengers, continuing a slide prompted by the poor economy, an airport report issued Monday said. ...more

February 19, 2008

The Carrollwood Express route is vanishing, but waiters and hospital workers will get a break with new late-night service under a package of route changes approved Monday by Hillsborough County's bus agency. ...more

February 5, 2008

The "Carrollwood Express" is vanishing, but waiters and hospital workers will get a break with new late-night service under a package of route changes approved Monday by the county's bus agency. ...more

February 4, 2008

People can sound off on the proposed doubling of county bus fares at a public hearing Tuesday. ...more

January 21, 2008