Category: Transportation

Speak up for bike lanes — with thanks

We need to tell our County Commissioners (repeatedly) that safe bicycle lanes & trails are important to MANY of us, if we want them to actually build the network of safe cycling infrastructure that is in our plans. We need to tell them we apprecia…

South Coast Greenway now fully funded & prioritized!

Thanks to all who joined forces to support the South Coast Greenway, today the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) voted unanimously to: (1) fully fund all 6 segments of the South Coast Greenway, and (2) raise the priority…

Save the South Coast Greenway trail!

Please send letters (see sample letter below) & attend the hearing to save the South Coast Greenway: a multi-use paved trail planned to run from Ruskin to Tampa. Connected with side trails to Sun City Center, Apollo Beach, Balm, Gibsonton, Rivervi…

Greenways, Bikeways in South County

Although we didn’t get our bikeways added to the 2035 Transportation Plan’s list of funded projects, we did make progress at tonight’s final hearing of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) board. Thanks to all of you who sent in comments a…

South County Greenways – LAST CHANCE

Please tell county planners to include South County Greenways bike/pedestrian trails in their 20-year funding plan. These bikeways & paved trails have been promised to us for decades, in several plans, but important connector trails are now are le…

Traffic changes coming – for better or worse

This Thursday, commissioners will consider several changes to our Land Development Code including two proposals affecting traffic: one good change, proposed by our county transportation planners, and one bad change, proposed by developers (well,...