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***MEDIA ALERT***

May 6, 2013

HART Summer Blast Passes Now On Sale
Students Ride All Summer for Only $30
What a tremendous deal!
Blast into summer with HART's Summer Blast Pass. (SBP) For just $30, students 17 and under get unlimited rides on HART local bus routes all summer long. HART's SBP is a perfect way to get to summer jobs, the movies, the mall and all of your favorite places. The HART Summer Blast Pass is now on sale, and may be used on any HART local bus route May 13 - Aug. 31. 
Summer Blast Pass users must be between ages 5-17. Passes may be purchased at:
  • Marion Transit Center, 1211 N. Marion St. in Downtown Tampa. Open:  Monday - Friday, 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • HART on Franklin, 403 N. Franklin St. in Downtown Tampa. Open:  Monday & Friday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • HART Ybor Office, 1201 E. Seventh Ave., in Ybor City. Open:  Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • University Area Transit Center, 13110 N. 27th St. in Tampa. Open:  Monday - Friday, 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

HART Summer Blast Pass is not valid for use on HARTPlus or the TECO Line Streetcar System. Users 12 and younger must have an adult traveling with them.  

 

Numbers show HART's SBP is popular. Last year nearly 67,134 trips were taken as part of Summer Blast Pass. The purpose of the program is to familiarize youth to consider transit as alternative transportation, and it allows them to travel safely and independently throughout Hillsborough County.   

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Media Contact:
Sandra Pinto                                                     
Interim HART Public Information Officer                                          
Office: (813) 384-6610
Cell: (813) 545-5497                                          
PintoS@goHART.org