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Tampa Expressway Authority awarded first phase of funding for connected vehicle pilot program

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Earlier this year, a national organization rated the Tampa Bay areaĀ Ā asĀ 11thĀ Ā in the nation for traffic congestion. Obviously, the region has problems with traffic, which is perhaps why St. Petersburg state Sen. Jeff Brandes called it a “game-changer” today in describing what could be a $17 million contract thatĀ the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) wasĀ awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct what is known as a “Connected Vehicle” pilot program. It’s designedĀ to make transportation safer, smarter and more energy efficient…

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Tampa City Councilman Frank Reddick is lying low regarding current dispute with Bob Buckhorn

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In the recent imbroglio between Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the Tampa City Council regarding who has the power to name the members of a police civilian review board, no one has been more outspoken in challenging the mayor than Council Chair Frank Reddick. ā€œIt reminds me that weā€™ve been a puppet for the administration and Iā€™m past the days of being a puppet,ā€ Reddick said at last week’s meeting. ā€œIā€™m tired that weā€™ve been embarrassed, overlooked, overshadowed. Itā€™s disrespectful.ā€ The…

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Civilian Review Board issue provokes fiery Tampa City Council meeting

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To say that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn‘s executive order he signed last Friday creating a Civilian police Review Board (CRB) that would allow him to control all but two of the 11-memberĀ board has not been warmly received by all parts of the community — or the City Council — would be a massive understatement. With City Attorney Julia Mandell and City Council Attorney Marty Shelby at loggerheads about whether the city’s Charter allows the Council — and not the mayor…

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Tampa City Council member questions payment to Go Hillsborough effort

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More than a few people have questioned the now $1.3 million that Hillsborough County taxpayers are spending to fundĀ transportation consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff for outreach on a potential transportation tax that residents would vote on next year. One of those today was Tampa City Council member Lisa Montelione. The District 7 representative questioned the city being asked to spend $74,985.09 to Parsons Brinckerhoff, the first time that the city has been asked to contribute to the Go Hillsborough, the name of…

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Frank Reddick to propose an alternative on selecting members to Tampa civilian review board

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Tampa City Council Chairman Frank Reddick says he supports the details in Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s plan for a police civilian review board announced on Friday, but he absolutely opposes the fact Buckhorn will choose all but two members of the 11-member board, which includes two alternates. At the next Council meeting on Thursday he plans to unveil his own proposal for an 11-member board, which would give the mayor two selections, Police Chief Eric Ward two selections, and the City…

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Tampa Police say they’ve written only 13 bike tickets this summer

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Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward told the City Council this morning that bike citations in the city are down 69 percent this summer – a radical reduction in citations after a published report this spring showed that the police department had written more bike tickets in the past three years than Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg and Orlando combined – with 80 percent of them going to black people. Police gave out 59 bike tickets from May through July, Ward said.…

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Tampa City Council moves forward on creating civilian police review board

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The Tampa City Council today moved ahead toward the creation of aĀ citizens police review board, but what that agency will ultimately look like and who will appoint its members has yet to be determined. The Council approved a motion brought forward by Councilman Mike Suarez that will have the city’s legal department reviewĀ whether the Council can create such an advisory committee, and if so, canĀ it be a hybrid review committee, withĀ the powers to do so under the City Charter. “An…

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