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Public transportation is a vital link for the more than 51 million Americans with disabilities. It also provides much needed transportation to the millions of Americans that cannot afford to own a car or cannot drive, but still need to get to work, doctors offices, or the grocery store. In Hillsborough County, the number of people considered Transportation Disadvantaged is approaching half-a-million. Whether we focus on walking and biking access, paratransit service, or easy and affordable ...

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If I carpool, or take a bus or a train, will it save my family money? Residents in our area spend more of their household budget on transportation than nearly any other region in the country at about 28%. According to AAA and the American Public Transit Association, people who use public transportation can save around $9000 per year when you consider the cost of owning and operating a car. By having transportation choices, most families would not have to own a second or third car. Some may ...

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What if a hurricane comes? Will my family be able to make it out in time? In major evacuations of urban areas, only public transportation has the capacity to move millions of people quickly and to give critical support to first responders by delivering emergency equipment and transporting emergency response personnel. Hurricane evacuation is a real concern for us. A safe, efficient exit strategy is important, and having different options to get people out of the area will expedite the ...

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How will we pay for all this? There are several federal programs that provide funding for major transportation infrastructure and transit projects, but to secure that money, we need to be willing to pay for some of it ourselves. One potential local revenue source could be a penny sales tax. A one cent sales tax would cost a family household with average income about $142 per year. Completing everything we need to do by 2035 will be very expensive, but if we wait, the cost will continue to ...

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Will I be able to take a train to Disney? Providing transit alternatives to move residents and visitors efficiently and effectively within and between regions is essential to our economy as well as to building connectivity within our state. With the potential for a high speed rail connection to Orlando, its even more important that Hillsborough County have light rail transit service to connect to local destinations. As we build a more robust transit system, connections in the Tampa Bay ...

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How will we decide what's most important? Already there are way more ideas for transportation improvements than we have money to spend. We have evaluated these projects against our vision and goals to see how well each project performs. Deciding what gets built first is going to be a tough decision. We need your help in deciding what is most important. The MPO has estimated funding available for the next 25 years, and there tremendous shortfalls in what we need and what we can afford to ...

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Will I be able to walk to work or to the store? Across the county, transit oriented development is becoming a hot topic. TOD, as its often called, is a way to focus growth, while creating attractive, sustainable communities, that encourage walking, biking, and transit usage by focusing many daily activities to one area, residents can enjoy a lifestyle with fewer car trips. TOD gives residents choices when it comes to what kind of house they want to live in, or how they want to get around ...

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I know we can use technology to do some great things now, can it make traffic go faster or taking the bus easier? Using major advances in technology can help us improve traffic flow. Intelligent Transportation Systems, or ITS, is a way to bring technology into your everyday commute. It can be as simple as a digital sign above the roadway telling you if there is an accident ahead. Or as complex as monitoring how fast traffic is traveling and remotely adjusting the timing of the traffic ...

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Looking 25 years into the future, visualize a Tampa Bay where you can choose how you want to get around, whether its walking, biking, driving, taking a bus, a train, or even a ferry. Where communities are walkable and inviting. Where you can breathe easier knowing we are taking better care of the environment. Where its safe to let your kids walk or ride their bikes to school. That is a place we want to be, and where we want our children to grow up. A place that has clean air, public spaces ...

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How many more people will live here? Even with the current slowdown of people moving to Florida, Hillsborough County is still growing and is expecting more than half-a-million new residents by the year 2035. With a 47% increase in population and 55% more jobs within Hillsborough County, the average delay on roadways will triple. And, more than 20% of the traffic will be from people commuting from surrounding counties. We have a substantial roadway network in Hillsborough County. But, our ...

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