Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority
Also known as TBARTA
The regional authority coordinating multimodal transportation planning and regional transit initiatives across the seven-county Tampa Bay area.
Updated Jul 27, 2026 · Sourced from FDOT Work Program & Active Construction data
- 767
- Programmed Projects
About
The regional authority coordinating multimodal transportation planning and regional transit initiatives across the seven-county Tampa Bay area.
Federal Transit Data
National Transit Database · FY2023
- NTD ID
- 40200
- Service area
- 1,680 sq mi
- Population served
- 3,257,481
- Reporter type
- Full Reporter
- Urbanized area
- Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL
Ridership & financials
- Annual ridership
- 393.3K trips
- Passenger miles
- 11.8M
- Operating budget
- $2.2M
- Fare revenue
- $2.4M
- Farebox recovery
- 111.9%
Ridership trend
↑ 29%Federal Grants
USASpendingLargest program: Section 5307 Urbanized Area
- $2.2M Section 5307 Urbanized Area · 2020FL-2020-102
- $247K Section 5307 Urbanized Area · 2021FL-2021-076
Source: USASpending.gov
Cost per Ride vs. Florida peers
1st lowest of 12 FL transit operators reporting to the NTD
- TBARTA$5.51
- Miami-Dade DTPW$7.39
- HART$8.43
- BCT$8.87
- LYNX$10.52
- PSTA$10.55
- Palm Tran$14.52
- ECAT$16.12
- JTA$20.89
- SFRTA$26.96
- Citrus Connection$27.65
- SunRail$67.51
Source: National Transit Database — operating expense ÷ annual unlinked passenger trips.
Regional Program Map
121 of 767 programmed projects with FDOT route geometry
Program Mix
767 programmed projects across 6 counties (FDOT Work Program).
By status
- Construction333
- Complete224
- Programmed163
- Procurement47
By county
- Hillsborough264
- Pinellas189
- Manatee93
- Pasco89
- Sarasota88
- Hernando44
$3.8B in tracked construction value across 121 projects with FDOT cost data — the enriched subset, not a region-wide programmed total.