What's Tampa Bay Saying?
Tampa Bay Light Rail: Would You Pay?
A new poll suggests taxpayers in several Bay area counties are now willing to pay higher taxes to have mass transit. Do you agree?
Go to Atlanta and you can jump on the MARTA to get where you’re going. Visit San Francisco and there’s the BART standing ready to help you get around. New York City has its subway and Chicago has the “L.” Commuter rail and extensive mass transit systems are a way of life in most major metropolitan areas in America. What about Tampa Bay? Live or visit here and the best you can do to get around without hoofing it is to get a car, call a taxi or hop on a bus (in areas that have bus service at all). A new poll sponsored by Bay News 9, The Tampa Bay Times and AM 820 News Tampa Bay seems to indicate the winds are changing in favor of the Bay area getting its own commuter light rail system. While a proposed 1-cent sales tax increase to fund mass …
Michael D.
3:25 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Alex, Having lived around USF from 2002-2006, it isn't the best area. So I can see where you are coming from in that regard. For an area that should have a lot to offer, it's pretty barren. I personally am a person that would like to use some "reliable" public transport to go to events like Hockey Games, Concerts, etc. and if there was reliable transport to work I might take that as well. For the… more ›