KEY FINDINGS

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Implementing frequent local bus service along arterial roads, as outlined in the transit development plans of county-based transit agencies, would provide the greatest impact and increase job access by 29% (26,000 additional jobs) for the typical Tampa Bay worker.

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The addition of a planned regional service – the Regional Rapid Transit – that would effectively connect three county-based transit systems to create a regional transit system would have a larger impact on job access than planned premium service projects that serve a single county.

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A robust service network, modeled upon the full vision scenario of local and regional transit providers, would increase by 57.9% the number of jobs accessible to the average Tampa Bay worker, putting over 52,000 additional jobs within a 60-minute commute.

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High poverty and transit-dependent neighborhoods, in the full vision scenario, would see an average increase of nearly 75,000 additional jobs (52.0%) compared to 52,000 region-wide.

Workers in neighborhoods most deeply impacted by job loss due to COVID-19 disruptions, in the full vision scenario, would see an average increase of 76,300 additional jobs (55.7%) compared to 52,000 region-wide.

The full vision scenario would impact job access for many Tampa Bay workers, with a varied impact based largely on where the worker lives: 270,000 workers will be able to access more than 100,000 additional jobs; 116,000 workers will be able to access more than 150,000 additional jobs; and 31,500 workers will be able to access more than 200,000 additional jobs.

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Implementing the full vison scenario network would catapult Tampa Bay from 15th to 9th in job access rankings among the 20 Regional Competitiveness Report markets, ahead of competitors including Charlotte, Phoenix, and Raleigh. Among the 50 largest MSAs in the United States, Tampa Bay would jump from 41st to 27th in job access.