TAMPA, Fla. — Transit planners revised the long-term financial plan for the streetcar system, with service maintained at its current level until 2020, when service reductions or new subsidies may be required, Tampa Bay Online reported.
The proposed business plan projects a required subsidy of $168,000 beginning in 2020 from "an alternate source." The subsidy would grow every year, reaching slightly more than $1 million by 2033. For the full story, click here.
Tampa, Fla. streetcar plan delays city subsidies
Transit planners revised the long-term financial plan, with service maintained at its current level until 2020. Plan projects a required subsidy of $168,000 beginning in 2020.
September 6, 2012
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