TBO.com Keyword:

Help

Welcome • Make TBO your Home Page • Advertise with us • Web site feedback

HARTline Investigation

	LATEST REPORT HARTline To Expand Express Service Although express bus service accounts for just a fraction of the HARTline system's ridership, it's growing rapidly, from 119,000 passengers in 2004 to more than 145,000 in 2005. HARTline's planning manager, Steve Feigenbaum, attributes the increase in riders to the sharp rise in gasoline prices last year. Full story

Extended Coverage: HARTline Management Criticized As `Sloppy' TAMPA - ``Sloppy'' management procedures at the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority drew criticism from a board member Monday as he and his colleagues worked to respond to a county-ordered review of the agency's spending. Full Story HARTline Chief Keeps Options Open TAMPA - After a bruising week in which Hillsborough County commissioners delivered her a no-holds-barred tongue lashing, Sharon Dent said she can weather what's been termed a ``crisis in confidence'' at the county transit agency. Full Story HARTline executive director, Sharon Dent County Leaders Lambaste Bus Chief TAMPA - Hillsborough County commissioners decided Wednesday not to withhold $1.3 million from the local transit agency, but they didn't hold back much else - accusing the agency of lying to them and voting no confidence in the longtime director. Full Story News Channel 8 report Streetcar Named Deficit TAMPA - It has become a popular downtown attraction. But according to city budget figures, the Tampa streetcar system will spend its $5 million endowment fund within the next five years and city taxpayers will face a deficit. Some members of the HARTline Board of Directors are surprised they've not been made aware of this. News Channel 8 report Source: WFLA and Tampa Tribune Online Producer: Michele Jones

Multimedia Streetcar System: TAMPA - The city's $53 million streetcar line delivers passengers to nearly a dozen stops along the 2.3-mile track between the Channelside and Ybor City entertainment districts. Multimedia report News Channel 8 reports: • County Votes No Confidence In Dent • HARTline To Pay City $1.5 Million • Commissioners Want Questions Answered • Storms Calls For Criminal Investigation • Streetcar Named Deficit Update   Previous Stories:  Related links: • TECO Line Streetcar System • Hillsborough Area Regional Transit • Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners • Federal Transit Administration

 

Return to Top    News | Weather | Hurricane Guide | Things to Do | Sports Consumer | Classified | Employment | Autos | Relocation Shopping | Money TBO.com IS Tampa Bay Online © , Media General Inc. All rights reserved Member agreement and privacy statement