1. UNDERSTANDING ISSUES, EXPLORING OPTIONS & MAKING CHOICES

2. 22 HILLSBOROUGH IS A REALLY BIG COUNTY

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4. 44 WE ARE AS BIG AS RHODE ISLAND

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6. 6 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE HERE

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8. 8 THAT’S A POPULATION LARGER THAN EIGHT U.S. STATES AND D.C.

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10. 10 WE WILL HAVE 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING HERE BY 2040

11. 11 THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST 2 MORE TAMPAs

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13. 13 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS MORE THAN 12,000 MILES OF ROADS

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15. 15 THAT’S A GIANT LOOP AROUND AMERICA – FROM MIAMI TO BOSTON TO CHICAGO TO ANCHORAGE TO SEATTLE TO SAN DIEGO TO NEW ORLEANS TO TAMPA

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17. 17 OUR COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED $1.3B IN TRANSPORTATION OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS

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19. 19 THE COUNTY USED OVER 50% OF ITS CIT DOLLARS ON TRANSPORTATION

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21. 21 TAMPA INVESTED 20% OF ITS CIT FUNDS IN TRANSPORTATION

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23. 23 OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN

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25. 25 WE ARE FACING $750M IN MAINTENANCE NEEDS

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27. 27 OUR ROADS & INTERSECTIONS ARE STILL FAILING

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29. 29 HART IS UNABLE TO EXPAND SERVICES

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31. 31 FLORIDA STATE LAW RECENTLY CHANGED & DEVELOPERS DON’T HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR BACKLOG ANYMORE

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33. 33 GAS TAXES ARE A SLOW GROWING SOURCE OF REVENUE & THEY HAVEN’T KEPT PACE WITH COSTS

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35. 35 WE ARE FACING A DECLINE IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE

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37. 37 THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE WORSE IT GETS

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39. 39 THE WORSE IT GETS, THE MORE IT COSTS.

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41. 41 THE TIME HAS COME TO ADDRESS OUR TRANSPORTATION CRISIS

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43. 43 EMERGING CONSENSUS ON COMMUNITY-WIDE PRIORITIES

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45. 45 COMMUNITY-WIDE PRIORITY #1 MAINTENANCE AND RESURFACING

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47. 47 COMMUNITY-WIDE PRIORITY #2 - #3 BOTH ROADS & TRANSIT

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49. 49 COMMUNITY WIDE PRIORITY #4 WALK / BIKE SAFETY

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51. 51 WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS

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53. 53 LOCALLY, LET’S INSIST THAT GROWTH SHOULD PAY AN INCREASED AND EQUITABLE SHARE

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55. 55 LET’S CONSIDER TOLLING WHERE IT MAKES SENSE

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57. 57 LET’S LEVERAGE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS

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59. 59 BUT WE STILL WON’T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH TO PAY FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES

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61. 61 OUR NEW REVENUE SOURCES

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63. 63 CIT IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 2027, IF THEN

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65. 65 EVEN A 5 CENT GAS TAX WILL ONLY PAY FOR ONE MILE OF ROAD EVERY YEAR

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67. 67 A TAX ON OUR PROPERTY COULD RAISE $68M ANNUALLY

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69. 69 1% SALES TAX ON EVERYONE, INCLUDING VISITORS, RAISES $100M EVERY YEAR

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71. 71 WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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73. 73 HOW SHOULD WE PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION YOU WANT?

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