Connecting Tampa Bay Residents to Jobs & opportunities
Focus Areas: Transportation
We are a fast-growing, vibrant region with an estimated 500,000+ new residents moving to Tampa Bay by 2030.
A collaborative, regional approach to transportation planning and operations is critical to improving connectivity and transit options. The Partnership is focused on making it easier, faster, and more affordable for our residents to access jobs and opportunity throughout the entire region through policy positions, and the convening and activating of regional stakeholders.
Data Highlights
4.62
There are 4.62 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities per 100,000 residents in Tampa Bay, a far greater rate than the national average of 1.68.
(Source: 2025 Regional Competitiveness Report)
26.8
The average number of hours that a Tampa Bay resident will lose commuting each year.
(Source: 2025 Regional Competitiveness Report)
6.39
Our transit ridership per capita is 6.39, which is an improvement over the 2024 report (5.54 per capita), and our ranking remains in 19th place.
(Source: 2025 Regional Competitiveness Report)
14%
Tampa Bay residents, on average, spend 14.20% of their income on transportation. This can include transit usage, automobile ownership, and/or automobile usage costs.
(Source: 2025 Regional Competitiveness Report) .
29.44 minutes
On average, Tampa Bay residents spend almost 30 minutes commuting from home to work. Commutes have gotten worse over time, likely due to increased net migration and relocation of residents to outlying counties farther from job centers in the urban core.
(Source: 2025 Regional Competitiveness Report)
Transportation Working Group
35
Members From
27
Organizations
The Working Group is formed of professionals from the investor organizations who have a passion for addressing transportation issues. Often they have prior experience in the field, and bring insights based on their backgrounds that help build momentum towards Partnership goals.
Key Highlights
Galvanized advocacy of nearly 100 business leaders, leading to the return of millions of dollars from the 2018 All for Transportation tax referendum to Hillsborough County.
Served as a founding contributor to Hillsborough County’s All for Transportation referendum in 2018 and 2022, and the 2018 legal defense fund to support its passage.
Supported Greenlight Pinellas, in which Pinellas County sought to pass a referendum to support transit in the county.
Expediting the funding and timeline for the Westshore Interchange.
Helped bring SunRunner to life.
Advocated on behalf of Brightline Trains to secure significant federal funding.
Advocated for the creation of a Tri-County MPO between Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties.
Released pivotal research on the need for regional transportation governance, best practices in transit-oriented development, and the connection between jobs and transit access in Tampa Bay
Related Research
The Need For Regional Transportation Governance In Tampa Bay
Transit-oriented Development and Value Capture: A Study of Best Practices for the Tampa Bay region
The Connection Between Jobs And Transit in Tampa Bay
Focus Areas