Showing posts with label Turanchik Bay Ferry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turanchik Bay Ferry. Show all posts

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Elizabeth Belcher: MacDill Ferry Was A Better Idea

The first proposal: South Shore to MacDill  
The second proposal: Tampa to St.Pete
So guess which one our "brilliant" commissioners select. The second, of course. It is a test to see if the ferry could be a viable option, i.e., be able to pay for itself. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but this really smacks of a plot to ensure the ferry proposal is a failure. The commissioners will then be able to point to it as an excuse not to fund ferries. rere

Friday, April 22, 2016

The Liberals In Tampa Demand

Tampa Liberals
GO Hillsborough - Our demands

BUY CSX tracks immediately
And some trains.
Here is a locomotive Reduced to $90,000

No new roads, 
fix the ones we have
Pedestrian friendly with bike trails

Turanchik Bay Ferry

And give the rest to HART


And Stop TBX

Friday, January 15, 2016

The Leadership Of Mayor Kriseman

Pinellas County commissioners became the third local government to conceptually commit to a proposed ferry service connecting downtown Tampa and downtown St. Petersburg. here

Monday, December 7, 2015

The Kriseman Administration Takes The Lead

Big news for ferries in Tampa Bay. The City of St. Petersburg is taking the lead to establish St. Pete to Tampa service during the tourist season. They have set aside $350,000 of BP spill funds to match it. It's a great use of BP funds, which are supposed to compensate for economic harm in our region resulting from the BP spill. So we could see seasonal ferry service running on weekends and evenings starting in 11 months and while the National NCAA Football Championship is here. This could be a big boost to getting the MacDill-South County commuter back in the fast lane. Many thanks to Mayor Kriseman and the St. Petersburg City Council for their unanimous support for this bold move! here

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Ferry Linking Tampa And St. Pete

A commuter ferry service may be still years away but weekend ferry rides across Tampa Bay could be running in as little as a year through a pilot program pushed by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman. He plans to pitch the idea to Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn at a meeting next week. (Good luck with that!) He said he has no qualms about working with Turanchik, whose failed attempts to bring the 2012 Olympics and commuter rail to Tampa have led some to dub him a dreamer. here
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“I think if you’re not dreaming and shooting for the stars, you’ll certainly never reach them. You’ve got to try new things and see if you can put it together.” Rick Kriseman
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A ferry has been running between the cities of Havana and Regla 
in Cuba since the 1940's. here

Friday, August 14, 2015

Pat Kemp: Time for a Tampa Bay High Speed Ferry!

"As a Hillsborough County Commissioner, I will get the Tampa Bay High Speed Ferry Project done without any more delay. This is a "no-brainer" and I'm embarrassed for our county and our region that isn't underway now."
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Monday, June 22, 2015

Fire Mike Merrill

All he does is spread lies.

“We spent all this time and the community has said doing roads, bridges and intersections are a top priority."
Check chart above, this is not true.
Now he wants to tie the ferry sevice to the tax.

Mass Transit wasn't even on the survey.
here and here

No Rail, No New Taxes!

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Sunday, July 13, 2014

St. Pete looking for place to dock Bay ferry

The Kriseman Administration  
is working to get St. Pete on board with the new
Turanchik Bay Ferry 
the passenger ferry service based in Hillsborough County.
The proposed service would be focused on carrying servicemen and women and civilian employees between south Hills­borough and MacDill Air Force base. But outside of rush-hour travel, ferries will be used to carry residents and tourists between the downtowns of Tampa and St. Petersburg. more>