It could soon cost to ride Tampa’s downtown streetcar; HART wants riders’ opinions

As 2024 nears its end, passengers might start having to pay to ride the popular streetcars in downtown Tampa again.....MORE

HART bus service fare-free to help with transportation after Milton

 If you need a ride as you recover from Hurricane Milton, HART has got you covered.

Effective immediately, HART Bus, HARTPlus, and HARTFlex are operating fare-free until Oct. 21.

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Tampa’s most popular bus route could become fare-free

One of Tampa's most popular bus routes could soon be fare-free.

Tampa City Council members voted 4 to 3 to approve free access for HART's bus route No. 1.

Route 1 primarily benefits workers traveling north and south of Tampa's dense urban core. The pilot program, which could last for a year, aims to reduce traffic, improve safety for people walking and biking, and help workers save money on the cost of living.

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I wasnt Allowed on a HART Bus

Driver #19. She said it was my pants. Could it be the shirt that I was wearing.

Call or E-Mail them and speak up!

Worst Towns to Live in Florida

Tampa #6. Too much traffic. Ride HART

Jessica Rose Powell with special guest Kevin Hart in Tampa

Sunday, May 19th, 2024, 5:00PM-8:00PM

The Straz Center for the Performing Arts INFO

Gasparilla Parade Route and Parking Information

Saturday, January 27, 2024

11:30am-1:30pm Gasparilla Invasion

2-6pm Gasparilla Parade of Pirates

$20 Event Parking

Pam Iorio Parking Garage (S. Florida Ave & Channelside Dr.)

  8 a.m. – Limited spaces

Tampa Convention Center Garage (Tampa St. & Brorein St.)

  Open 24/7

Fort Brooke Garage (Whiting St. between Franklin St. & Florida Ave.)

  8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Whiting St. Garage (N. Morgan St.)

  8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Selmon Expressway Downtown parking lots

  8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Royal Regional Lot (Tampa St. & Fortune St.)

  Open 24/7

Scott Street Lot (Morgan St. & Scott St.)

  Open 24/7

Poe Garage (N. Ashley Dr. & W. Cass St.)

  Open 24/7 - Due to the parade route, this garage will close from 1:00 –

  6:00 p.m.

  No entry or exit will be allowed during this time.

Twiggs Street Garage (Twiggs St., west of Nebraska Ave.)

  Open 24/7, Standard hourly rate with a $12.00 maximum

**Centro Ybor Garage (5th Ave. & 15th St.)

  Open 24/7, Standard hourly rate with a $12.00 maximum

**Palm Ave. Garage (13th St. & 9th Ave.)

  Open 24/7, Standard hourly rate with a $12.00 maximum

On-street parking meters will be enforced from 8:00 a.m. until midnight

**The FREE TECO Line Streetcar (8:30 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.) and the FREE HART bus shuttle service (9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.) will be available to transport between Ybor and Downtown Tampa.

'HART for All' campaign targets riders with special needs

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, or HART, has launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging more people with physical and intellectual disabilities to take advantage of the transit system’s services.....Read More

Tampa Streetcar will remain fare-free for another year

Huge news for the historic, and nationally renowned Tampa Streetcar! The Hillsborough Transit Authority (HART) just announced the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has awarded HART a Commuter Assistance grant totaling $700,000. The FDOT grant will permit the TECO Line Streetcar to remain fare-free for an additional year....MORE

PSTA and HART talk ups and downs Tampa Bay transit

For the latest episode of The Skinny on WMNF Tampa, Whitney Fox, Director of Communications & Marketing at Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), and Justin Willits, the new Director of Planning and Scheduling Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART), talk about ups, down, frequency, funding and more.....MORE

Board suspends HART CEO after report exposes low morale, high turnover

Lack of effective leadership, poor organizational morale, and significant turnover.

That’s what attorney David Adams said he discovered in his months-long investigation of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) and its CEO, Adalee Le Grand when he presented his findings Monday.

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HART Bus Operator Info Sessions

4305 E 21st Ave, East Tampa

HART Travel Training

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Congratulations Florida Representative Dianne Hart

2020 People First 

Report Card

Florida state legislators who voted to put people first instead of powerful special interests

Where the GOP average is 50%

Ms. Hart got 

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HELP HER HERE

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HART Needs Your Input for Proposed 2021 Service Modifications!

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Commissioner Pat Kemp Gets Her Buses

HART now will have our first electric buses with $2.7 million in s federal DOT grant.

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"I've worked for four years to get HART its first electric buses and for some time met with strong resistance. I couldn't be more thrilled. HART needs go all electric -- saving on costly fuel and greenhouse gases. Transit agencies across the country are going 100% renewable. HART needs to do so as well!" Commissioner Pat Kemp

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Unprovoked Use of Force by Tampa Police Department

Black Elected Officials of Hillsborough County Joint Statement

The recent reports of the Tampa Police Department’s unprovoked use of force against protestors peacefully exercising their constitutional rights to freedom of assembly and to freedom of speech cannot go unchecked. At least three incidents that have come to our attention.

The first occurred on the afternoon of May 30, 2020, when the Tampa Police Department reportedly used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse a peaceful gathering of protestors at Cyrus Greene Park. The second occurred on the evening of June 2, 2020, and into the early morning hours on June 3, 2020, when the Tampa Police Department used the same aggressive and dehumanizing tactics to disperse crowds of peaceful protesters in downtown Tampa. 

The third occurred on June 1, 2020, when the Tampa Police Department reportedly used force against an unarmed black man while on the grounds of Tampa General Hospital. While this last incident is unrelated to any protest, it is equally disturbing.

Let us be clear: we strongly condemn the use of force or violence by law enforcement against any protestor who peacefully exercises their rights to the freedom of assembly 
and expression.

We also condemn the use of force or violence by law enforcement against unarmed individuals whose only crime appears to be living while black.

To reiterate our recent joint statement against the rioting by those who crossed the line from civil disobedience to destruction, we maintain our united call for peace. But make no mistake: in order for our community to experience the healing that it desperately needs, all stakeholders must be
equally committed to doing their part to attain peace. This means that law enforcement must be held accountable for its actions as well.

It is time for a new era of common-sense reforms to ensure greater transparency in policing and stronger limits on the use of force.

Hence, we, the undersigned black elected officials, call on
Mayor Jane Castor and Tampa Police Department Chief Brian Dugan to end the wrongful practice of the use of force during otherwise peaceful protests immediately. We further call on Mayor Castor and Chief Dugan to provide with respect to the aforementioned incidents an
accounting of the officers’ actions, a report on what corrective action, if any, TPD has taken based on complaints about the officers’ conduct and/or feedback from the community, and an explanation to the community as to why TPD used force against protestors engaged in peaceful and lawful actions in the first place.

Further, the officers involved in the incident at
 Tampa General Hospital should be relieved of duty at this time until the investigation into their conduct is complete.

Senator Darryl Rouson,
Representative Dianne Hart
Representative Fentrice Driskell
Representative Wengay “Newt” Newton
County Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller
City Councilman Orlando Gudes
School Board Member Tamara Shamburger

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