Making Tampa More Walkable

Subject: Florida Crossroads / The Estuary Project

Hi,

I saw this article about your interests in making Tampa More Walkable.  I was the geek behind the scenes that moved Deleney Creek for this Job years ago.  Now, I retired and went back to school, as a USF Student again.

The Tampa City Council reviewed $9 billion planned on the Tampa Bay Express project.  This is a waste of money and many community neighborhoods are fighting it, including The Heights and Old Seminole Heights.

What about a Moving Sidewalk?  Imagine if downtown was car free, and new parking towers near the interstate provided valets and direct access to a continuous walking loop around downtown.  Let’s propose to Hillsborough County to use the MOSI site as a Research Park.  Build a real recycling center (they need a new transfer station anyway) and test a real moving sidewalk system that recycles/cleans water by moving people.

WE CAN DO THIS NOW.  Put the MOSI Property into a 501c3 that owns all the Patent Rights we develop.  We lease land for USF for their new Stadium, add Sundome Inc. and Lightning Inc. to STARS USA Inc.  We build a tower parking garage for USF students and a moving sidewalk over Fowler.  It would be a perfect demonstration project before you build one downtown.  Temple Terrace will want a loop too.

Then Tampa and Hillsborough County would have the Community demanding the $9 Billions of transit funds build more mass transit instead of express lanes.

Regards,

Eric

Eric R.R. Weaver
Civil Engineer Doctorate Candidate
PCGS Research Associate

http://eweaver.myweb.usf.edu/

(813) 974-8337

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