Downtown Tampa Traffic Alerts & Updates

Downtown Tampa traffic alerts are designed to keep you moving!  Downtown Tampa updates and alerts are posted on this site when important information is available regarding issues affecting mobility to and within downtown Tampa. Be sure to check often for local traffic updates & alerts.

Ride HART During Platt Street Bridge
Do your part to get cars off the road, reduce congestion

 
Hundreds of commuters converging into downtown Tampa from the south and west while the Platt Street Bridge is closed (Oct. 3, 2011 - early January 2012) can play a part in reducing the anticipated
Carmageddon-like
congestion. Ride HART on any of the routes listed below and help keep cars off the road. Plus, tolls are on us!
 
  • Route 4 - From South Tampa - Palma Ceia/MacDill/Britton Plaza/Downtown
  • Route 14 - From West Tampa - Armenia Avenue/Downtown
  • Route 19 - From South Tampa - Port Tampa/Britton Plaza/Tampa General Hospital/Downtown
  • Route 30 - From West Tampa - Tampa International Airport/Westshore/Downtown (15-minute frequency)
  • Route 46 - From South Tampa - Davis Islands/Downtown
  • 100X (operated by Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority) - Gateway Mall in St. Petersburg/Gandy Bridge/Britton Plaza/Downtown
Please note detour routes for Routes 4 and 19:  
 
 
For more information about all routes traveling into downtown Tampa, visit www.goHART.org 
 

HART’s MetroRapid project is moving along rapidly….! MetroRapid will help improve travel from downtown up Nebraska Ave. over to the Fletcher corridor with enhancements that increase the speed of transit, improve service reliability and make it easier for people to use transit.  MetroRapid features include bus preferential treatments (traffic signal priority, off-vehicle ticket vending machines), enhanced passenger stations (shelters, real-time passenger information), and special low-floor buses. Construction will happen during 2012 with service slated to begin in 2013. Click here to learn more about this innovative project.