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2005 Editions
December
HART Announces Community Vision Meetings
Message From the Chair
Director Named for New North Transportation Alliance
Mike Brown Joins Advisory Board
Free Bike Racks Available to University Area Businesses
U-Pass Program Extended
Emergency Ride Home Offered to Commuters
Community Announcements
Upcoming NNTA Events
September
Rising Gas Prices Increase Strain on Wallet &
Commute
Mark Your Calendars for Commuter Choices Week
2005 (September 26-30)
HARTline Plans Second New Downtown Express
Route
Transportation Bill Includes Millions for New
North Area
ThoughtPool: Contribute your ideas!
August
HARTline Moving Forward With New Tampa to
Downtown Express Service
Bikes on Buses Made Easier
Flatwoods Park Gets Overhaul
Tampa Airport Interchange Project Starting
Soon
ThoughtPool: Contribute your ideas!
June-July
"Why do people run red-lights?"
Happy Vanniversary!
HARTline - Where to go from here?
Tips for Street Stress
Thoughtpool
- What do you think?
May
Green Day at Busch Gardens and
Adventure Island
Putting the Brakes on Red-Light Violators
HARTline- Express Yourself
It's a Gas!
Last Reminder - Newsletter Renewal
Thoughtpool
- What do you think?
April
Walkable Communities Workshop
Watch Where You're Going
Reminders!
March
Walkable Communities Workshops
Bike the Bay Tampa Bay
Reminders!
MOSI on Over!
Area Project Updates
February
Guaranteed Ride Home Gets a New Name
Bike Racks for Businesses
'Tow to Go' Year Round
"Passport" to the Bay Area
January
Increase of Tax Benefits for Transit
and Vanpool Riders
HARTline Introduces Hybrid Buses!
'Tow to Go' 756 Potential DUIs Kept Off the Roads
Going to Gasparilla? HARTline Makes Getting There Easy!
2004 Editions
December
New North Area Commuters Win Prizes During
2004 CCW!
National 3-D Month and "Recipes for the
Road"
HARTline Improves Routes, Travel Time and
Hours - Oh My!
Santa Prefers Streetcars
October -
November
A Look Back on Commuter Choices Week
Cost Affordable Transportation Changes
NNTA
Holiday Reception
September
FDOT Launches 511 Traveler Information Service
FDOT Plans for Future Intermodal Center(s) in
Tampa
Bay
Region
2004 Commuter Choices Week, October 4-9
;
USF Transportation Fair, October 5
August
Walk This Way: Walk-to-School Week 2004:
October 4-October 8
USF's
Bike Club to Provide Helmets/Lights to Campus Cyclists
Intermodal Center Feasibility Study Community
July
CUTR Maintains Best Workplaces for CommutersSM Designation
USF Bull Runner
System Has Million Rider Year
Continuous Increases in USF-HART UPASS Ridership
Seen in 2003-04
June
511 Service on the Horizon for Tampa Bay Metro
Area
New Vanpool from Riverview to USF Area Seeks
Riders
Regional Transportation Planning Summit Recap
May
May is Clean Air Month and National Bike Month
Upcoming Public Meetings
Transportation Demand Management Questions Answered
Celebrate National Bike Month
April
Addressing Safety on our Roadways
"Commuter Center" Brochure Rack Soon to be Relocated
22nd Street Master Plan Document Online
Upcoming Public Meetings on Transportation
March
Transportation Updates: 40th St., HARTline Route/Fare
Changes, 22nd Street
Regional Clean Air and Telework Programs Now Have Online Presence
County Planning Agencies Seek Input from Community Groups
February
Three Seminars Highlight Telework Tampa Bay Kickoff.....Did You
Know? Facts About Transportation in Florida from the 2003 FDOT Fact
Book & the Florida Transportation Almanac.....Free Telework
Seminars for Employers.
January
Plan to Plan with the MPO & Hillsborough
County.....Transportation Second Highest Cost for Tampa Bay Area
Families.....Busch Boulevard Beautification.....Community
Announcements.
2003 Editions
December
Area Employers Recognized as Clean Air
Partners.....Complete Listing of Tampa Bay Clean Air
Partners.....Connecting with Commuters at Benefits
Fairs.....Hillsborough MPO Completes Downtown Tampa Access
Study.....Community Announcements.
October/November
In the News: University Parking Shortages.....Daily
Air Quality Reports for Tampa Now Available.....Commuter Choices
Week 2003 and USF Transportation Fair Revisited.....Community Announcements.
September
NNTA Advisory Board Learns About Bus Rapid Transit & It's
Viability in Hillsborough County.....Upcoming Public Meetings on
Transportation.....Commuter Choices Week: October
6-11.....Transportation Fair: October 7 on the USF Tampa
Campus.....Community Announcements.
August
A
Leader in Providing Commute Options, USF Upgrades Campus Transit
Service Again.....USF's
Bull Runner Benefits School AND Community.....Area
Transportation Update: Cross Creek/Kinnan Signal.....Area
Transportation Update: Bearss/I-275 Interchange.....Community
Announcements.
July
Veterans' Hospital Implements Commuter Benefits
Program.....Hillsborough County Corridor Plan.....National Survey on
Attitudes Toward Walking.
June
Attention Employer: Become a Clean Air Partner
Today.....Status of New North Area Transportation
Projects.....Summer Safety Tips.....Community Announcements.
May
Heads Up Employers! Want to
Boost Employee Morale and Save on Payroll Taxes?.....HART Tampa
Light Rail Project.....Bike to Work Week.....Community
Announcements.
April
Rising gas prices strain
the wallet & the commute.....Commuting options: financial
incentives & flextime.....Traffic calming
strategies.....Community announcements.
March
I-275/I-4 Construction
information and travel tips now available to commuters.....Streetcar
alleviates traffic during February's Gasparilla
festivities.....Commuting options & supporting strategies:
Telework/Telecommuting & Compressed Work Schedules.....Trolley
services throughout the Tampa Bay area.....Community announcements.
February
Changing to serve you better, the
University North Transportation Initiative is now the New North
Transportation Alliance.....Commuting options & supporting
strategies: Ridesharing & Guaranteed Ride Home.....Bicycle
commuting: worksite amenities & incentives.....Community
Announcements: Vanpool riders needed.
January
2002, a year in review/.....USF-HARTline Fare Free
Program: so far, so good.....Community announcements.
2002 Editions:
December
University North employers receive Clean Air
awards.....What's "ITS".....Pedestrians take
caution: Tampa Bay metropolitan area a dangerous place to
walk.
October/November
UNTI hosts transportation fair on USF campus....Board of County
Commissioners recent approvals.....40th Street construction to add
to 56th Street traffic.....SchoolPool information.....Take a ride on
the TECO Line streetcar.
September
HARTline & USF Partner to Provide Fare-Free
Transit to USF Community......Greater Tampa Chamber of Makes
Transportation Recommendations......Construction Connection
(Busch/I-275, East-West Road, Bruce B. Downs Blvd.).....UNTI
Community Announcements.
August
As baby boomers rise in age, need for
transportation choices rises too.....UNTI to host Commuter Choices
Week and Commuter Benefits Workshops....FDOT seeks comments on Bruce
B. Downs Boulevard widening project.....UNTI community
announcements.
July
Construction to begin on I-4/I-275 interchange
improvements this fall.....Annual mobility report released....Bruce
B. Downs multi-use trail being extended.....UNTI community
announcements.
June
Hillsborough County mode split.....Hillsborough
County TDM Plan.....American Lung Association releases State of the
Air 2002 report.....Streetcar to open in October.....UNTI community
news.
May
University North employers benefit
from Commuter Assistance Days.....Florida traffic law defines driver
responsibilities towards pedestrians.....Employers gain recognition
for offering Commuter Choice programs.....Transit in the news:
Ridership Growth Outpaces VMT growth.....Planning and Construction
Update: East-West Road, New Tampa.
April
UNTI to participate in Earth
Day.....Hung up on your way to work? Try telecommuting....Calculate
commuter benefits and costs.....HARTline, others, to provide
transportation to job fair.....Construction update: SR 56.
March
Interested in bicycling or
walking as a form of transportation?.....Hillsborough County TDM
Plan completed.....Trolleys add to trips to beach, St.
Petersburg.....HART fare changes effective March 31st.....I-75
construction update.
February
USF
expands mall shuttle service.....CUTR Joins EPA's Commuter Choice
Leadership Initiative.....UNTI to help area employers gain Commuter
ChoiceSM Employer status.
January
HARTline
introduces Tampa to Oldsmar Route.....Circulator route popularity
grows.....New Year means new opportunity to change commuting
habits.....New traffic counts confirm New Tampa traffic woes.
2001 Editions:
December Issue
Florida
ranks higher among states for carpooling.....HARTline progresses with
streetcar and evaluates rail....Tips for safer holiday
trips......Thanksgiving holiday fatalities fall.
November Issue
Local
champion receives recognition.....Shuttle ridership reaches
1,000,000....Interest in telecommuting rises across the nation......HART
fare and route changes as of October 28th.
October Issue
Driving with cell phones,
"Hands free: Not distraction free".....22nd Street to see
improvements.....New Tampa Boulevard expansion update.....Commute
alternatives help following emergencies and during
construction.....Commuter Choices Week news.
September Issue
"Survive the
Ride".....Vanpooling information for employers and
employees.....Current Safety information.....MPO Visual Preference Survey
results.....Flatwoods recreational trail improvements.
August
Issue
Florida's most dangerous
intersections.....Pasco County news.....Commuter Choice Week: It's
all about options.....Roadway construction updates.....New voting
district boundaries.....UNTI website news.
July
Issue
Examples
of traffic calming measures.....Ways to reduce commuter stress.....News
briefs.....Did you know?.....UNTI survey participation.
June
Issue
Buckle
Up!.....Crash Facts.....Pollutants linked to heart
attacks.....Streetcars in Tampa.....Growth Management Bill
dies.....Emergency preparation.....Bruce B. Downs update.
May
Issue
Motorists
spend 36 hours a year in traffic.....Shift to transit.....Interstate
updates.....May is Clean Air Month.....Progress toward new
schools.....New Tampa Resident Considers a Run for County
Commission.
April
Issue
New
HARTline bus service.....MPO public opinion survey
results.....Legislative news.....Transit use
increasing.....Hillsborough County update information.
March
Issue
Planes,
trains, and buses.....Amtrak's bullet-train pulling into
Florida?.....State Road 56 to spur developments.....Growth
management report.....New solutions needed for the Friendship
Trail.....I-275 construction timelines.
January/February
Issue
USF
to tackle parking.....MPO to seek public opinions on
transportation.....Costs to drive continue to soar.....Suncoast
Parkway opens.....Suncoast bike trail.....Temple Terrace seeks new
transit options.....FDOT releases 5-Year Plan.
2000 Editions:
May Issue
Temple Terrace Road
improvements to preserve bicycle and pedestrian connections…..Sidewalk master plan workshops…..Road tips for motorists.
April
Issue
HART
extends route 33 to serve Fletcher Avenue…..USF's
off campus circular update…..Welfare
to work transportation update.
March
Issue
East-west connector
update…..Congestion management study of Fletcher Avenue…..Improving bicycling in the University North.
January/February
Issue
Olympic transportation…..I-75/Bruce B Downs flyover update…..Study to recommend improvements to Busch Boulevard.
1999 Editions:
December Issue
USF bicycle safety week…..BikeLids system's SPARK program debut at university
mall…..The committee of 99 report presented to the BOCC.
October Issue
UNTI transportation
forum…..HART planning workshops for rail project.
August Issue
The
Committee of 99…..University
North futures project to study the north Tampa business community.
July Issue
The Friendship Trail
set to open in December…..HART constructing new transfer island at university
mall…..Mobility project update.
June Issue
Tax
benefits for employers who subsidize commute alternatives…..Traffic
improvements for Bruce B Downs Blvd…..Bikes
on Buses program.
May Issue
Public
circulator update…..HART's
27th street transfer center update…..The
mobility project seeks public input.
February Issue
HART's 27th
street transfer center…..HARTline's new bus pass system.
January Issue
I-275
reconstruction…..UNTI
advocates for neighborhood sidewalks…..UNTI meets with elected officials to discuss transportation
issues.
1998 Editions:
November/December Issue
USF
bicycle safety week…..Sidewalk
master plan and public input…..Election results and transportation issues.
September Issue
Alternative
transportation week coming soon…..USF's bull runner campus shuttle gets new buses…..Pedestrian system plan update.
August Issue
A new look for the
university north commuter center…..Bicycle parking improved at USF…..Six more BikeLIDS installed at university mall.
July Issue
University commuter
center…..Pilot circulator update…..ISTEA reauthorized.
March Issue
Area cycling events.
February Issue
BACS sets new
priorities…..Guaranteed ride home program.
January Issue
Improved mobility
strategy announced…..MPO present roadway alternatives.
