Tampa transit activists will host a bus ride-pub crawl this month

Members of Transit Now Tampa Bay on the corner of N Florida Avenue and W Hanna Avenue in Tampa, Florida on August 29, 2025. Credit: Transit Now Tampa Bay / Facebook There are about 14 blocks between the Independent Bar Café and Ology Brewing Co., and a group of transit activists intend on covering them all during a bar crawl later this month. Grassroots organization Transit Now Tampa Bay (TNTB) wants to put the “pub” in “public transportation” when it brings folks on HART’s No. 1 bus, which travels up and down N Florida Avenue. Venues on the route will sell riders a $10 sticker that supports TNTB and unclocks discounts at any of the five stops: Independent Bar Café 5016 N Florida Ave. Common Dialect Beerworks 5023 N Florida Ave. The Front Porch 5924 N Florida Ave. Jug Bottle Co. 6203 N Florida Ave. Ology Brewing Co. 6401 N Florida Ave. HART’s Route 1 runs every 15-20 minutes, and costs $2 to ride, with a $4 daily cap. Anyone with a digital wallet can