Showing posts with label Connect Tampa Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Connect Tampa Bay. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2015

The Sierra Club, Tea Party Love Fest

Kevin Thurman of Connect Tampa Bay, a transit advocacy group, said he hopes the Sierra Club executive committee members who voted on the statement consulted their membership before advocating for a gas tax for road maintenance.
"I find it very concerning and upsetting that the Sierra Club would require a tax for more money for roads before getting more money for transit," Thurman said he was also surprised to see the Sierra Club moving away from partnerships with transit groups and aligning itself with the tea party.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

No Cuts to Pinellas Buses Rally

WHEN
May 27, 2014 at 5:30pm - 7pm
WHERE
PSTA Stop - Belcher Rd S & Bryan Dairy Rd, Largo, FL
CONTACT
Kevin Thurman · kevin@connecttb.com

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Today In Pinellas: Greenlight Pinellas Millenials & Transit

PSTA will be hosting a special guest before their board meeting.
They’ll be hosting a discussion on
younger generations and transportation.
Poll after poll has told us that millennials and future generations are not as interested in cars as they are cell phones.  But, what transportation options do they want?
How can we make the case for more options?
 

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Connect Tampa Bay Transportation Proposal


WHEN: Thursday, January 30 at 6 PM
WHERE: 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa Museum of Art, Downtown Tampa

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

First Public Meeting OnTtransportation

Tonight is the first public meeting on transportation in Hillsborough County as they work to create a new vision for transportation, create jobs and improve quality of life. This process is key to connecting our region
 WHAT: Hillsborough County Transportation Public Meeting 
WHEN: Tonight at 6:00 pm 
WHERE: 26th Floor, Hillsborough County Center
608 E Kennedy Blvd.Downtown Tampa 
info

Thursday, April 4, 2013

The Westshore Multimodal Center

All roads lead to Westshore. One day, all train tracks could, too
The Westshore Business District is the nexus where Interstate 275, the Howard Frankland Bridge, the Courtney Campbell Parkway, the Veterans Expressway and Tampa International Airport all connect. State planners also think it's the perfect area to build the transportation hub of the future — be it light rail, bus rapid transit or a combination — that could one day link Pinellas to Hillsborough and eventually Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties.
more
Let's keep the pressure on!
 Hillsborough County Commissioners
here
Tampa City Council
here
Pinellas County Commissioners
here
VoteTransit
Connect Tampa Bay

Monday, March 25, 2013

If You Build It They Will Come

Ruth: Stop Talking And Build A Rail Line
In 1973, I arrived in Tampa to start my career as an ink-stained wretch. I was 23. One of the big issues facing the greater Tampa Bay area was whether to spend the money to begin development of a light-rail system stretching across the Howard Frankland Bridge eventually linking Tampa to St. Petersburg and Clearwater. It was decided by the powers that be there should be extensive discussions on the subject before moving ahead.It is now 2013, 40 years later. I am 63. And everyone is still talking without so much as a single rail spike to have ever been driven into the ground.
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Poll shows public support for publicly financed light rail.
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Folks that want to help.
Vote Transit
Connect Tampa Bay

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Tampa Is Joining The 21st Century

Things Are Starting To Look Up Around Here
Two weeks ago i get an e-mail from a group called Connect Tampa Bay asking me to join them. The other day i meet these folks from Vote Transit in Dowtown Tampa. Both want to bring Mass-Transit to our area. Today i read in The Times that Tampa soon could have a public bike-rental program similar to those in New York and Washington, D.C.
here
Should we thank Mayor Bob for all this? He did say, "The downside risk is that we try it and it doesn't work.
 But we'll never know unless we try."
I am starting to like the big guy.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Connect Tampa Bay

To Help People Save Themselves
Connect Tampa Bay is bringing together citizens from across Tampa Bay who want more transportation options so that we can create jobs and improve our quality of life. We just started out and need your help to reach our goal of 2,000 supporters. We are up to 1572 in just a six weeks, help us get to 2,000!
These folks have come to save us from ourselves, join them.