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It was approved at the May 7 HART Board of Directors meeting. A second proposal presented a route running from Wiregrass Ranch to the airport during the week, but only going as far as the University area on weekends.Īt a public hearing March 28, a majority of the 105 attendees said they preferred the third option, Wiregrass Ranch to TIA, or 275LX route. route running from Wiregrass Ranch to the Marion Transit Center, without an airport stop. One proposal was a seven-day, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. before arriving at the TIA rental car facility.Ī route to TIA was a big selling point for Tampa residents who participated in surveys and email questionnaires distributed by HART, which also held 10 public outreach sessions, four on-board sessions and an open house at the New Tampa Regional Library on Cross Creek Blvd. and Lake Forest Dr.įrom there, the 275LX will head south, turn west on Fowler to I-275, to the Marion Transit Center in downtown Tampa, to stops on Westshore Blvd. New Tampa will have stops at BBD and Hunter’s Lake Dr., Hunter’s Green Dr., Richmond Place Dr., Highwoods Preserve Pkwy., Commerce Palms Blvd./Lowe’s, Palm Springs Blvd., Tampa Palms Blvd., Amberly Dr. The soon-to-launch Route 275LX will merge with Route 51LX to provide hourly service beginning at 5:30 a.m., with 13 stops between the Pasco County Public Transportation (PCPT) Park-N-Ride (at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel in Wiregrass Ranch) and the University area, with 28 total stops to TIA. Interim HART CEO Jeff Seward (left) and Tampa International Airport CEO Joseph Lopano at HART’s TIA Rental Car Facility stop. The new route promises to be a dramatic improvement for those who currently use public transportation, with the hope, Reyes-Burckard says, that the added convenience will encourage more use. More important is that the new route will offer a slew of brand new stops at New Tampa locations, as opposed to the one (in front of the Lowe’s at the corner of Bruce B.
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And yes, the HART buses are equipped with WiFi. Ruthie Reyes-Burckard, the chief operating officer at HART, says it will now be possible to take a bus from a number of new stops in New Tampa all the way to TIA in less than two hours, for the price of a $2 ticket. Additional stops in New Tampa will make the service more accessible for more people who need to use public transportation. The new route will run from Wesley Chapel through New Tampa, the University area and downtown, all the way to Tampa International Airport (TIA).
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It is funded at $1.2-million annually through fiscal year 2019 by an Urban Corridor grant from the Florida Department of Transportation. The new route, called Route 275 Limited Express (275LX), will replace the existing and limited Route 51LX. 56 in Wesley Chapel near the Shops at Wiregrass and the University of South Florida area. Starting Sunday, July 1, a long-overdue, all-day, hourly bus route is being launched by the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) that will transform public transportation between S.R. New Tampa residents without vehicles and/or in need of access to public transportation have always lived with a dearth of options. New Tampa’s current one-stop Route 51LX is getting a makeover, with more stops, making it easier for local residents to get to nearby malls, downtown & Tampa Intl.