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January 2026 TPO Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm Hillsborough County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 26th…
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- HART touts a successful year for its free Route 1 service | WUSF, January 6, 2026
- HART Route 1 to begin charging riders for the first time in a year | 10 Tampa Bay, January 5, 2026
- Route 1 bus fare returns to $2 after year-long free pilot program ends | Tampa Bay 28, January 5, 2026
- HART Route 1 fare-free pilot ending, but Tampa approves funding to boost bus frequency | Spectrum Bay News 9, January 1, 2026
- HART has cleared the way for a new public transit tax, and this Tampa group is ready to plan next steps | Creative Loafing, May 20, 2025
- The new Tampa airport CEO wants to fix our traffic woes. Can he? | Tampa Bay Times, May 13, 2025
- Here’s why Hillsborough residents are mistaking tax refunds for spam | Tampa Bay Times, May 8, 2025
- Hillsborough transit agency eyes tax hike to avoid service cuts | Tampa Bay Business Journal, May 5, 2025
- HART says Route One sparks significant rise in ridership | Spectrum Bay News 9, April 24, 2025
- Cut property taxes, improve transit? Hillsborough Republican floats a plan | Tampa Bay Times, April 23, 2025
- HART’s Route 1 is free this year, and ridership is now ‘exceeding expectations | WUSF, April 3, 2025,
- HART sees more riders after launching free fare on most popular route | ABC Action News WFTS, March 17, 2025
- Mass transit is not Tampa’s job? | Column | Tampa Bay Times, January 9, 2025
- HART’s busiest bus route is fare-free for a year | WMNF Radio, January 8, 2025
- Tampa’s first free bus service starts this week. Here’s what to know | Tampa Bay Times, January 6, 2025
- Tampa’s HART Makes Most Popular Route Fare Free | Metro Magazine, January 6, 2025
- HART goes fare-free for 2025 along its busiest route | Florida Politics, January 6, 2025
- Popular Tampa bus route now free for an entire year | WTSP News Channel 10, January 6, 2025
- HART Route 1 fare-free for year under Tampa pilot program | 83Degrees Media, January 7, 2025
- ‘So many people rely on that bus’: Activists, officials, react to fare-free bus rides on Hillsborough County’s Route 1 | Creative Loafing, December 30, 2024
- Popular Tampa Bus Route Going Fare-Free | Planetizen, December 30, 2025
- HART’s busiest bus route to be fare-free in 2025 | Spectrum Bay News 9, December 23, 2024
- HART’s popular Route 1 bus route will be fare-free in 2025 | That’s So Tampa, December 22, 2024
- HART announces a new free program for riders along Route 1 | News Channel 8, December 21, 2024
- Tampa approves $1.6M to offer free bus rides for a year on popular HART route | Fox 13 News, December 20, 2024
- Tampa City Council approves $1.65 million to make HART’s Route 1 free-to-ride | Creative Loafing, December 19, 2024
- Tampa to allow free fares for HART Route 1 next year | WTSP Channel 10, September 18, 2024
- Tampa’s 2025 budget includes funding to make a popular HART bus route free for a year | Spectrum Bay News 9, September 18, 2024
- The battle over widening I-275 is happening again. Here’s what to know | Tampa Bay Times, September 17, 2024
- City Council considers fare-free service on HART’s most popular route | That’s So Tampa, September 16, 2024
- Proposal could bring free bus route connecting University Area and Downtown Tampa | ABC Action News, September 12, 2024
- Tampa may fund fare-free year on busy HART route connecting downtown, USF | 83Degrees Media, September 11, 2024
- One of HART’s most popular bus routes could be free to ride soon | WUSF, September 6, 2024
- Tampa’s most popular bus route could become fare-free | Spectrum Bay News 9, September 5, 2024
- A free bus between USF and downtown Tampa? A trial may be in the works | Tampa Bay Times, September 5, 2024
- Op-Ed: Latest vote to widen I-275 angers Tampa residents, inspires push for better public transit | Creative Loafing, August 6, 2024