You can't sell BRT to a community without showing residents what North America's largest BRT system, using dedicated bus lanes, looks like.  Metro Jacksonville introduces you to the Ottawa Transitway.

Metropolitan Knoxville is half the size of Jacksonville, less dense, and has an image problem much larger than anything Jacksonville has had to deal with.   However, it appears that Knoxvillians have stumbled upon a successful strategy to bring vibrancy back to their city's core.

Savannah is what happens when you mix the often overlooked elements of urbansim together.  This community is living proof that sometimes quality is better than quantity.

Despite being the poster child for economic blight, Detroit appears to be getting this one right. 

As of July 1, 2006, Jacksonville has an estimated population of 794,555.  These charts illustrate where our numbers place us in the grand scheme of things.

In a region known for economic stagnation, Columbus, OH continues to grow and make progress at a Sunbelt pace.

Metro Jacksonville's first European city comparison takes you to Dublin.  Like Jacksonville, Dublin is split down the middle by a river.  In Dublin's case, it is the River Liffey.

An economy based off shipbuilding and the Navy.  A riverfront downtown, decimated by urban renewal in an Atlantic Coast city, in stiff competition with it's southside and beach suburbs.  Sounds like Jacksonville, however it's Norfolk, Virginia.  Despite the economic similarities it's downtown revitalization tactics have been acclaimed in the economic development world to be a true success.  Should Jacksonville take notice?

Have you ever wondered what the parks that border Downtown and Springfield could look like with a little extra love, care, and attention?  Savannah's Forsyth Park offers an interesting glimpse at what could be.

Over the past few decades, Charlotte has become one of the most progressive and fastest growing cities in the Southeast.  Let's take a look at how this city is shaping up from an urban perspective.