Transit Update from PSTA's CEO

Each month, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) CEO Brad Miller puts together a summary of topics discussed at the Board of Directors meeting. Here is that report from the July 25th meeting:

Greenlight Pinellas Bus Plan     

• After more than a year of rider surveys & dozens of public meetings, PSTA's consultant presented their recommendations for the future Pinellas bus system that responds to a variety of funding scenarios.
• No matter the funding, the scenarios are designed to provide the most efficient, sustainable network of transit services that funding can support.

 The PSTA Board was presented with 2 options:

• Plan A: New Revenue Scenario - where today's PSTA bus service would be expanded by 65% if voters approve the 1% sales tax in 2014.
• Plan B: No New Revenue Scenario - where 28% of today's service would be cut in 2017. Routes would be eliminated or run less frequently and Saturday and Sunday service would be substantially reduced.

Unfortunately, construction bids to build a new PSTA Transit Center along 70th Avenue in Pinellas Park received last week came in over budget so the Board deferred action until a later date.