The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) launched a regional transportation disadvantaged service, TD Tampa Bay, in partnership with Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco Counties.
The service includes curb-to-curb regional trips within Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco Counties like the popular TD-Tampa Bay service that was discontinued in June 2021 due to a lack of funding. In June 2022, PSTA received $1 million from the Florida Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged for the re-launch of TD Tampa Bay.
“We are so excited to be re-launching this very popular service” said PSTA CEO Brad Miller. “When the state funding was canceled last year, I know a lot of residents who relied on the service to get from Pinellas to Tampa or Pasco to Clearwater were left stranded. Now, they can get their lives back and travel where they please.”
The regional service is provided by Uber, Lyft, Wheelchair Transport and taxi services for all qualified residents of Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas Counties. Current Pinellas County residents can use the TD Tampa Bay Program. Hillsborough and Pasco residents will be able to use it later this month.
The funding, approved by the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged in June, was awarded through the Innovation Service Development grant program.
