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Tax Referendum Is Vital To Regional Transportation Plan
By Kathleen Devine
to training at Euro Pilates, as each client and each small group class gets the personal attention of either Maria or one of her five highly trained Pilates instructors. Training is always tailored to you and how your body feels that day, which is why Pilates is so valuable to both young and old, and for both athletes and those just looking to improve their daily quality of life through exercise. Maria knows that clients want quality, value, variety and personal service, which is why she is intent on providing the best atmosphere, the best equipment and the best instructors in the Tampa Bay area. Over the past three years, she has meticulously worked to maintain a reputation for excellence by continually updating the See “Euro Pilates” on page 34.
The moment you walk in the door you know that something exciting is happening at Euro Pilates, located on Bruce B. Downs Blvd., less than a mile south of the Pasco County line. Owner Maria Ivanova has added new equipment and cutting-edge training techniques that will take the fittest men and
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ects and improvements that are planned within Hillsborough County, Ellis says it would set a precedent for the surrounding counties to follow and also help to attract additional funding from state and federal sources. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio (above) has been a strong advocate for the tax referendum, and when she arrived about a half hour late to the forum because of traffic, she said it underscores the need for transportation See “Mobility Forum” on page 7.
Owner Maria Ivanova of Euro Pilates can help you get fit, too!
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women in our area to new levels while introducing those just starting out their respective fitness regimens to a variety of Pilates-inspired exercises. Maria, a former rhythmic gymnast from Russia, says her passion is fitness and helping others by empowering them to take charge of their health, both body and mind, through Pilates. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach
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Mobility Forum moderator Jack Harris (left) and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.
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ty projects that will be the first to be studied for possible future development. Among those studies are an “alternatives analysis” for light rail between the University of South Florida and Wesley Chapel via Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (which is an extension of the alternatives analysis already being conducted by Hillsborough Area Rapid Transit, or HARTline, of light rail between downtown Tampa and Cross Creek Blvd. in New Tampa), a conceptual analysis of express bus service in managed lanes on I-75 between downtown Tampa and S.R. 54 and a conceptual analysis of express bus service in mixed traffic and/or managed lanes on State Roads 54 and 56 between U.S. 19 and BBD. While all of those studies already are funded, there is no money yet for construction of those projects, TBARTA spokesperson Amy Ellis said. Which is where the Hillsborough tax referendum comes in. While the money raised by the tax increase, if it passes, would only pay for those proj-
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Late last month, planners and other officials from Hillsborough and Pasco counties held a “Mobility Forum” at New Tampa’s Paul R. Wharton High to discuss the future of transportation in the Tampa Bay region, and they said that a vital part of the planning for that future is the passage of the proposed 1-percent sales tax increase that Hillsborough County voters are being be asked to approve in November. The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority, or TBARTA, was created in 2007 to develop and implement a long-range transportation plan for the seven-county Tampa Bay region – which includes Hillsborough, Pasco, Citrus, Hernando, Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties – and the first phase of that plan includes several projects that will directly impact the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel areas, TBARTA executive director Bob Clifford said.
Clifford explained that while local planning groups, such as the Hillsborough and Pasco County Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), work to solve transportation issues within their respective jurisdictions, TBARTA’s goal is to come up with an overall plan that coordinates all of those individual plans to create a cohesive regional network. “Coordination between all of the various entities is crucial,” Clifford said. “We have to look at the big picture and ask ourselves, ‘What are we looking to achieve long-term?’” Clifford said that the TBARTA master plan calls for a regional network that will be created by 2035 and will include 116 miles of short-distance (or light) rail, 12 miles of bus rapid transit in exclusive (bus only) lanes, 42 miles of bus rapid transit in mixed traffic, 159 miles of managed lanes with express bus service and 226 miles of other express bus service. To get things rolling, so to speak, TBARTA has identified a list of priori-
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