Service launches by year’s end with direct runs every 30 minutes between the airport and seven hotel sites.

Pei-Sung Lin of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at USF, says this approach has reduced traffic fatalities by 50% in one generation in countries like Spain and Sweden.

DASH Tampa launched earlier this month. For $2, a DASH driver in a Tesla taxi will pick them up and drop them off at one of more than 20 hubs in the downtown area.

The Regional Infrastructure Accelerator office will assist local transportation agencies in finding, grants, public-private partnerships, and other sources of funding for the projects, which have found a tough time finding money otherwise.

The Legacy Trail stretches from downtown Sarasota to Venice. The goal is to complete the Florida Gulf Coast Trail through seven counties.

Virgin Enterprises had sued Florida train operator Brightline Holdings for breaching an agreement to rebrand as Virgin Trains USA. It claimed the Virgin brand was no longer one of "high repute," allegations Virgin called "cynical and spurious" in its lawsuit.

Thirty daily trips are planned beginning Oct. 9, including 15 round-trips.

St. Petersburg's Director of Transportation and Parking, Evan Mory, said there have been six changes to docking sites on both sides of the bay over the years.

The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said that Citgo has closed 950 claims, resulting in more than $447,000 in auto repairs or reimbursements.

Authorities say a Cadillac Escalade driven by 52-year-old Jose G. Hernandez was hit by a CSX train on Saturday night at a crossing near Plant City. Five others died and one person remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Routes 813 and 814 that run through Dunedin and Safety Harbor, respectively, are likely gone.

For the first time in a century, a private passenger rail service will launch new operations in the U.S. and this time it involves high-speed trains. Florida’s Brightline will begin running trains between Miami and Orlando on Friday, reaching speeds of 125 mph along the 235-mile route between the state’s biggest tourist hubs.