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High-Speed Rail Funding for Florida
St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 31, 2010: The $1.25 billion in federal stimulus money that will help pay for a high-speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando has stirred visions of Disney visitors adding a trip to Pinellas beaches and Tampa residents riding the rail to Orlando, perhaps for a concert at the House of Blues.

But how will people get from their homes to the downtown Tampa station? And how will out-of-town travelers get from the station to the beaches?

Since 2007, the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority, which encompasses seven counties, has been planning a network of buses and light rail stretching from Citrus to Sarasota counties. To read more, click here.

Obama's High-Speed Rail Announcement: $1.25 Billion to Florida, The Tampa Tribune

President Obama Bringing $1.25 Billion to Tampa for Florida High-Speed Rail, The St. Petersburg Times

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Master Plan

TBARTA Corridor Studies

The next step in the TBARTA Master Plan process is the identification of project priorities for further detailed study. TBARTA has highlighted project priority recommendations resulting from coordination with transit providers and County MPOs (in order to be consistent across plans and current practices), as well as consulting TBARTA Committees and technical evaluations.

The Group One Proposed Corridor Studies Matrix summarizes proposed corridor projects delineating project type, funding source, and fiscal year project initiation. Although most of the funding sources are provided by the Florida Department of Transportation, the funding source also highlights relevant funding partnerships. The fiscal year project initiation identifies in what fiscal year the detail study is scheduled to start.

TBARTA Group One Proposed Corridor Studies Matrix (PDF)

TBARTA Regional Transportation Master Plan