We often complain about the lack of pedestrian safety here in the Bay area. But it doesn’t do much good. After we learned that Tampa Bay ranks second in pedestrian danger, and we noticed that the top four most dangerous places are in Florida, USA Today breaks out a state-by-state graphic with an unsurprising headline: Florida remains the [...]
Tampa City Council member Linda Saul-Sena wants a map with the best routes for biking to the new Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, so she asked the transportation staff to come up with one. Transportation manager Jean Dorzbackof said that they ain’t got no money, are swamped with other things, and they will “get to it [...]
According to the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership and Transportation for America, the most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, Raleigh, Louisville, Houston, Birmingham and Atlanta. That’s right. The top four places most dangerous to those of us walking around outside are all in Florida – [...]
Tampa chief of staff Darrell Smith says “red light running is a real problem in the area and we believe that if there’s an opportunity to alleviate that problem we should explore it.” So public works and utilities administrator Steve Daignault says the City of Tampa is “in the process of studying the effectiveness of” red [...]
Instead of a secure courthouse, we got a three hour attempt to cover ass. It may be time to kill the county security force and just hire the Sheriff's office.
There’s really no better reason to have a great time than to celebrate the birth of our nation. And I don’t wanna harsh your buzz or suggest you shouldn’t party. I just want you to be able to truly enjoy your hangover on July 5. As we get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July, here [...]
You may have heard that the Tampa Bay area is in the midst of a (thus far) 3 year drought. The Hillsborough River is low, as is the Alafia (look at the photo). The rainy season doesn’t begin until June. The C.W. Bill Young Reservoir that we built in 2005 – just 3.5 years ago! – [...]
What a heartbreaking tale. Local media loves this kind of story, especially in December. It gets the emotions going, and presumably sells papers and gets viewers. Unfortunately, it seems that this is all they are interested in. Sorry – I’m way too far ahead. Let me start at the start. The JMS Hotel won’t be confused with [...]
Here you go, TJ: Last week we discussed Tampa Bay’s top ten problems, according to Wayne Garcia: 1. Suburban sprawl 2. Urban density (lacking) 3. Transportation 4. Environment (weak protections) 5. Living green 6. Diversity (racial, ethnic, class) 7. Professional sports (over-subsidized [...]
