Press and Awards

In its 10 plus years, Tampa Rail has, on rare occasion, enjoyed attention from a variety of authorative beacons in the mainstream media. Aside from the joy of tinkering, publishing, and the adoration of its regular visitors, being recognized for the spirit and work going in to Tampa Rail by established entities is equally rewarding.

The following list is quite small, but this page nonetheless serves as Tampa Rail's little trophy case. I hope in time I'll have opportunity to add more.

Weekly Planet Editor's Pick: Best Local Blog, 2005

In 2005 The Weekly Planet alternative newspaper (now known as the bootstrapping Creative Loafing) awarded Tampa Rail title of Editorial Pick for Best Local Blog in its regular Best of the Bay Awards. It was their first "best blog" of the bay ever, and completely out of the blue. It remains my favorite and most sincere Tampa Rail compliment. You can read my entry covering the issue at the time which is TR history here.

"An example of a blog done right!" - The Weekly Planet

Tampa Bay Sun Newspaper

A bi-weekly newspaper distributed in many of the denser Southwest Florida markets did a story on "the fight for transportation alternatives". They found it hard not to notice the work being done here at TR. I made a blog entry about their multi-column coverage of yours truly in their July 2006 edition which you can taste here.

"Does what he can to keep the issue alive". - The Tampa Bay Sun

WMNF

I'm not actually any kind of transportation expert, and I'm not even that bright in general. Occasionally, however, a media resource finds me handy as a mere advocate. Here's an example tiddy biddy sound bite I did for TR's friends at WMNF radio. You can listen to it here.