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Your new career starts with HART! 🚌 We're hiring Bus Operators for two upcoming training classes! No CDL required to apply! 💰 Earn $22.72/hour while you train 📅 Hiring Events: November 10 & 12 (next week) ✅ On-the-spot interviews for qualified applicants + conditional offers on the spot for great candidates You MUST apply (goHART.org/Careers) to be scheduled for an interview at the Hiring Event. Make a Difference. Move a Community. #JoinHART!

Congratulations to the newly elected and reelected officials who will represent Hillsborough County at the state and federal levels! Here at home, HART looks forward to working with our newly elected and reelected @HillsboroughFL Commissioners to advance public transportation: * Harry Cohen - District 1 * Gwen Myers - District 3 * @neilmanimala - District 5 * Aileen Rodriguez - District 7 Together, we look forward to connecting our community to the people, places, and opportunities that matter most. Thank you to all our elected officials for your commitment to public service and to the residents of Hillsborough County. 🚌

Be among the first to try the refreshed Flamingo Fares app! 🦩📲 We’re looking for pilot testers to explore the new app and share their feedback. As a thank you, testers will receive 50% off stored value while testing! Interested? Email Communications@goHART.org to inquire about participating.

Roll to the polls with HART! 🚌🗳️ Ride FREE on #ElectionDay, Tuesday, November 3, and make your voice heard! 📍 Confirm your assigned polling place at VoteHillsborough.gov. 📱 Plan your ride with the @transitapp or see routes serving your polling location 👉 gohart.org/Pages/voting.aspx. Your voice. Your vote. Your FREE ride. #HARTTakesYouThere

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, HART Senior Contracts Specialist Audry R. shares her family’s personal story of three sisters facing breast cancer and finding strength in one another. 🎗️ --------------------------------------- Three Sisters, One Fight: Our Family’s Breast Cancer Story Breast cancer entered our lives without warning. Over the course of three years, three sisters received the same life-altering diagnosis — despite having no known family history of breast cancer. Our journey began in February 2008, when my sister Ruth received her diagnosis. It was the kind of moment that divides life into “before” and “after.” Watching her navigate the appointments, the uncertainty, and the strength she found within herself changed all of us. Her experience made breast cancer real in a way it had never been before. Two years later, in June 2010, I received my own breast cancer diagnosis. I had just been promoted to Director of Procurement for Polk County, a position I had worked hard to earn. At the same time, I was getting ready to present at our Procurement National Forum in August — something that had been on my bucket list. Suddenly, I found myself balancing one of the most demanding and exciting moments of my career with one of the most frightening moments of my life. Just five months later, in October 2010 — during Breast Cancer Awareness Month — my sister Joyce received her diagnosis. By then, our family had become intimately familiar with the path ahead: the appointments, the treatment decisions, the emotional highs and lows, and the constant need to lean on one another. Facing breast cancer together meant none of us ever had to walk this road alone. We understood each other’s fears, frustrations, and hopes in a way few others could. We became each other’s advocates, sounding boards, and sources of strength. Our experience is a reminder that breast cancer does not always follow a predictable pattern. We had no known family history, yet three sisters were diagnosed within three years. That is why routine screening matters for everyone. It is why knowing your family history is important, but not enough. And it is why advocating for yourself – asking questions, pushing for answers, trusting your instincts—can make all the difference. Today our family’s story is one of resilience. Three sisters, three diagnoses — and three breast cancer survivors. #HARTHeroes

Something strange... at your HART bus stop? 👻🚌 Who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSters! The HART team suits up to bust “ghost buses” and take the mystery out of bus arrivals! HART is upgrading our tracking and dispatch system (CAD/AVL) to deliver more accurate, real-time arrival information and improve communication between operators and dispatch. Better tracking. Fewer mysteries. Happy Halloween! 🎃

Early Voting takes place through Sunday, and #HARTTakesYouThere! 🚌🗳️ HART provides service to 21 Early Voting locations throughout Hillsborough County, making it easier to vote in person or drop off your Vote by Mail ballot. 📆 General Election Early Voting Oct. 19 - Nov. 1 | 7 AM–7 PM Visit goHART.org/Pages/voting.aspx to find the HART route serving your preferred Early Voting location and plan your trip in advance.

Connecting with our community, one conversation at a time! 🚌🗣️ Our Community Engagement team visited Brandon Exchange on Monday to talk with shoppers and riders about HART service in the area. We met Jose, who recently moved from Houston to South County and rides Route 31 a few times a week to shop and visit family. His favorite onboard features? The charging ports and Wi-Fi that help him stay connected along the way. We also caught up with Operator Celis and enjoyed seeing the friendly connection between our operator and Route 31 customers. Thanks to everyone who talked transit with us!

Taking the kids to the Tampa Riverwalk's Trick or Treat on Saturday? Let HART get you there! You have two GREAT options to the ghoulish festivities! 🎃 From the University area/Seminole Heights: hop on Route 1 and connect to the @TampaStreetcar at Franklin St. and Whiting St. 🎃 Park in Ybor City or at the Fort Brooke garage and take the free Streetcar to Station #9 Plan your trip: gohart.org/Pages/maps-trip-p…