There is also an "In-Town" trolley-replica bus system that connects Downtown, Channelside, and Harbour Island.

[1] The system is single-track with several passing sidings, which mostly follows a reserved right-of-way at a cost of 13.7 million per mile.

[6] Despite a $67 million state grant, a proposed expansion to 4.0 miles (6.4 km) and 6 more stations has faced funding issues.

[7][8] A county tax to help pay for the development was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Florida in 2021 after being passed locally.

[15]Streetcars returned to Tampa in 2002, when the initial 2.4 mi (3.86 km) long[3] heritage line was opened.

[2] A new 0.333 mi (0.54 km) extension,[3] costing $5.5 million, opened for revenue service on December 19, 2010.

In 2020, the number of operating streetcars was reduced to ten as car #429 was in an accident that damaged it beyond repair.

[18][19] The replica Birney cars have a welded steel body with cosmetic rivets added to make them look older.

They also reported that the system has to pay almost half a million dollars in insurance to cover the risk of streetcars crossing an active freight rail line.

[22] Starting that month, fares were dropped for a three year period due to a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation.

The new line may be called the CrossTampa Transit Connector with 16 stations and two major multipurpose hubs.

[7] In February 2021 the Florida Supreme Court declared a one-percent county-wide sales tax unconstitutional in a 4-1 vote.

The "All for Transportation" sales tax was approved by Hillsborough County voters in 2018 and $400 million had already been collected but was left unspent.