The top priority of improving our transportation network is to reduce congestion which would improve the quality of life and make our region more attractive to top employers and professionals. Infrastructure and bus improvements short of rail will certainly assist with relieving congestion; and with continued political efforts can be brought to reality. But will these initiatives ever really ease …
Category: Urban Planning
Dump the Pump – HART/Downtown Tampa Transit Map
As a Downtown Tampa resident for nearly three years I have had the pleasure of meeting many new friends and neighbors and am very proud of the community that we are building together. Mobility and public transportation are discussed often by both the residential and business communities that make up downtown. Tomorrow is National Dump the Pump Day where people across the country are being …
What Would Walt Disney Do? Bringing Tech to Florida #WWWDD
In “Section I: Visions Lost” of my book Corporate Empathy I write about Walt Disney’s biggest most daring plan ever. A plan that was scrapped and disregarded as too risky after he died. A plan that if attempted then or today (it is still viable) would completely reshape the economic landscape of the state Florida. The …
After 25 years, Residences on the Riverwalk is great addition
For over 25 years the Straz Center has been a community destination, a nurturing home to passionate artists and performers, an educational haven, and a source of pride for employees, volunteers, and patrons. The Straz Center has also been a catalyst for the redevelopment of Downtown Tampa. For 25 years the Straz Center has been …
Notes & Quotes: Walt Disney’s E.P.C.O.T. Project
Notes & Quotes are where I post links to and information about the resources used in my book Corporate Empathy. The video below describes Walt Disney’s vision for EPCOT and the Disney World project in Florida. The video was used as a promotional tool to illustrate to the Florida State Legislature, Governor, and public why the …
Mark Sharpe on Transportation
Mark Sharpe gave a presentation at today’s Exchange Club luncheon addressing the need for a transit plan for the Tampa Bay area and really seems to understand the value of providing mobility options and how it will affect people and organizations decisions to visit, relocate or do business here. I commended him on Facebook where …
Will the Independent make it to Seminole Heights?
I don’t make it to downtown St Pete often for a night out unless I coordinate with a friend close by for a place to crash because driving is out of the question and a cab to pricey. However when I do make one of the stops is typically the Independent. So I was excited …
Crosstown extension
It has been a while since I lived South of Gandy and regularly had to make use of the absolutely terrible Gandy Boulevard. Nevertheless, every time I see something on the subject of the crosstown expressway extension, I think about how anyone living in the surrounding neighborhoods could be opposed to it. According to traffic …
Fuzzy math of government visioning
I’d like to note the irony in the 50 year planning currently being discussed; that will prepare us for the population that will be here in 2050. Are we not actually working on a plan closer to 2060 then?
Update: Hillsborough County CAC – January 25, 2008
We re-elected Anthony Arena and Jim Mills as chair and vice chair for the coming year and approved with one modification all 12 Budget Review Subcommittee recommendations to be presented to the BOCC. Our speaker this month was Paula Harvey, Division Director of Planning and Zoning Services who discussed with us the County’s Comprehensive Plan …