Here’s what TBX, alas, boils down to: If you want important interchanges fixed, then accept the whole package. Zero sum–or else the $6 billion in DOT money goes elsewhere.
Want, say, meaningful mass transit for the masses? Too bad. Want to bridge Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties without confusing, bureaucratic scenarios on the Howard Frankland? Too bad. Want to avoid further impact on minority neighborhoods because of highway priorities? Too bad.