Why Tampa Is The Most Underfunded Transit City In America

Dayna Lazarus is a Technical Advisor for the Florida Housing Coalition, co-founder of Transit Now Tampa Bay, and an urban planning advocate focused on transportation equity, housing affordability, climate resiliency, and public transit expansion. She holds a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from USF and has spent years organizing around better transit and smarter growth policies in the Tampa Bay region.0:02:51 — Lessons From Portland0:15:54 — Lesson From Netherlands0:20:36 — Tampa Gutted For Cars0:29:08 — HART Underfunded Per Capita0:31:57 — Funding Frozen Since 19790:40:12 — Why Elected Officials Fail0:43:36 — Private Sector Transit Funding0:51:40 — HART Charter Change Explained01:01:26 — How Grassroots Organizing Works01:12:22 — Route 1 Fare-Free Pilot01:46:54 — All For Transportation Story