If you’ve ever been in a hurry and thought — just once — you would park illegally in a handicap parking space, you might want to think again. Local advocates for people with disabilities will ask Hillsborough County commissioners Wednesday for help in preventing illegal parking in handicap-accessible parking spaces.
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German engineering giant Siemens has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology for the new connected vehicle pilot project in Tampa.
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It’s about to get a little easier to ride a bus to work and back. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority board voted Monday to fund a one-year pilot program that will make rides available to people that need to get to a bus stop or from a bus stop…
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Entrepreneurs in Tampa Bay will now have the chance to work with representatives from a revolutionary startup with international reach: Uber. A new partnership between the ride-sharing company and local business incubator Tampa Bay WaVe was announced in February 2016.
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We are excited to welcome Uber to the FirstWaVE Venture Center! To start, Uber Technologies will plan and host driver on-boarding and training sessions in our shared workspace. Also, Uber representatives will be taking part in some of the entrepreneur workshops and other events held here at Tampa Bay WaVE.
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Visit St. Pete/Clearwater has teamed up with Uber Technologies Inc., in a first ever marketing campaign that uses free rides on Wednesdays in February in an effort to lure winter weary Chicagoans down to the region’s beaches and sunny climate. The “Warm Up Wednesdays” campaign, which can be found on…
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Tampa riders can’t seem to get enough of Uber. It was named the No. 2 city in Florida when it comes to Uber transactions, according to a study conducted by Certify, a provider of cloud-based travel and entertainment expense reporting software.
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The first time Ray Chiaramonte saw a Zip Car in Tampa Bay was just a few weeks ago, in the parking lot at Westshore Plaza. He noticed the car sharing company's bright green decal and Zorro-like "Z" symbol on the side of the vehicle. "I remember thinking to myself, wow,…
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Saying the status quo is no longer acceptable, the Visit Tampa Bay board of directors has thrown its support behind the 'Go Hillsborough' initiative, the county’s proposal to improve the local transportation infrastructure. In a strongly worded letter to Hillsborough County commissioners, the Visit Tampa Bay board wrote: “Hillsborough County…
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Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft won the latest round in their fight to operate in the Bay area, particularly Hillsborough County. After a heated debate over several hours Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation voted to move forward with a bill outlining insurance requirements and background checks on the so-called…
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