TBARTA’s Mission in Flux 
 WUSF 89.7 News, By STEVE NEWBORN

TAMPA (2008-07-25) The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority hasn’t celebrated it’s first birthday yet, and many questions remain about the board’s mission. Will it oversee the rail projects being outlined by several counties, or is it expected to come up with its own plans for the seven counties?

Tampa Mayor and TBARTA member Pam Iorio says while Hillsborough County has the ability to put a penny sales tax on the ballot to find construction of light rail projects, many other counties don’t. And since Hillsborough already has a plan to construct the first of several planned light rail lines, would that plan fall to HART, the county’s rapid transit service.  Listen here