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#11 KevinKorell

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Posted 26 September 2016 - 10:38 AM

It's about time!! Finally HART and TECO are realizing that people could actually use this streetcar to commute to work, or to get someplace else in the morning hours. Should have happened long ago! From Progressive Railroading, 9/26/16:

Tampa streetcar kicks off expanded morning service


Tampa's TECO Line heritage streetcar system today began operating at 7 a.m. for commuters in downtown Tampa, the Channel District and the Ybor City neighborhood.

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Posted 09 October 2016 - 09:30 AM

 

 

Tampa’s streetcar: City’s prettiest boondoggle or actual commuter option?

 

SNIP:  I am here to check out an ambitious plan to see if Tampa’s historic streetcars — what critics would call our most charming boondoggle — can morph from underused, expensive, inefficient tourist kitsch to legitimate commuter option.

http://www.tbo.com/n...ption-20161008/

 

 

 

.......when the machine that dispenses trolley passes — $2.50 for a single ride, $5 all day, and a deeply discounted 20-ride pass for those who live or work close by — stubbornly refuses his dollar bills.

Pathetic!  <_<  Sloan



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Posted 25 January 2017 - 10:00 AM

 

 

YOU PAID FOR IT: Taxpayers to foot bill for $1.6 million Tampa streetcar expansion study

 

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Amid fresh reports that public bus ridership is plummeting on both sides of Tampa Bay, taxpayers are spending $1.6 million to study expansion of the Tampa Historic Streetcar system — a system that has already has long history of losing millions at the fare box.

http://wfla.com/2017...reetcar-system/

 

TECO provides a nice ride in GOMACO replica double truck Birney cars, but the line does not go to trip generation points except maybe "restaurant row" in Ybor City.  If the trolley can get into some residential areas, then it might get some commuter traffic.

 

There is a definite need to link downtown to the airport via a separate light rail line or a monorail.  Auto traffic to the airport is hideous.  Yes, building a rail link will be expensive, due to land takings and bridgework to cross some expressways; but the payoff to the taxpayers will come in convenience and reduced carbon emissions.

 

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 09:04 AM

 

 

City of Tampa to host public meetings regarding potential expansion of streetcar

 

The city of Tampa and the Florida Dept. of Transportation are currently conducting a $1.6 million study to explore the idea of expanding the Tampa Historic Streetcar, a system that has previously been considered something of a white elephant since it began operating 15 years ago.

http://saintpetersbl...sion-streetcar/



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Posted 06 March 2017 - 10:07 AM

 

 

Tampa looking for ideas to expand and upgrade streetcar

 

TAMPA — City Hall will hold the first of three public meetings on the future of the TECO Line Streetcar Tuesday night with an eye on expanding and improving the service.

http://www.tampabay....reetcar/2315295



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Posted 14 March 2017 - 01:49 PM

 

 

Study will help determine expansion of once-bustling Tampa streetcar system

 

TAMPA — It is not a stretch to say that once nearly everybody in Tampa rode the streetcar.

http://www.tampabay....-system/2316422



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Posted 14 April 2017 - 05:10 PM

 

 

Tampa Dreams of Turning Novelty Streetcar Into Transit Solution

 

With the Tampa Bay region stalled on meaningful public transit investment, the city of Tampa is asking residents whether expanding an existing tourist-centric streetcar might help alleviate their transportation woes.

https://nextcity.org...nsion-commuters

 

I still maintain that monorail to the airport is the best arrangement for serving more people and will remain functional during hurricanes or other natural calamities.   ^_^  Sloan



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Posted 16 May 2017 - 07:54 AM

 

 

7 potential routes identified for Tampa's streetcar expansion

 

After looking to the public for input at a series of open meetings, city officials have determined seven potential routes for addition to the Tampa Historic Streetcar System.

http://www.83degrees...ied-051617.aspx



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Posted 18 October 2017 - 11:21 AM

 

 

Tampa streetcar study identifies two new downtown routes

 

As part of a transit feasibility study on expanding and modernizing Tampa’s streetcar system, city officials have narrowed the choices down to two specific routes going into downtown.

http://floridapoliti...downtown-routes



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Posted 19 October 2017 - 09:14 AM

 

From May 16.2017:  

I still maintain that monorail to the airport is the best arrangement for serving more people and will remain functional during hurricanes or other natural calamities.    ^_^  Sloan

 

 

Joe Henderson: Fanciful ideas merit consideration when they're from Tom Hall

 

Tom Hall has traveled the world and developed a sense of what works, what doesn't, and what is to come.

http://www.tampabay....om-hall/2341544






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