Last month, JTA released maps showing initial locations for potential commuter rail stations.  A lack of focus on Jacksonville's inner city communities stands out as a major oversight.  The following list contains a few areas where urban rail stations should not be avoided.

Jacksonville is not on this list, but it does illustrate a major trend taking place in America's largest cities, exluding the First Coast of course.  Rail transit is in the midst of a renaissance.

Is Amtrak the answer we've been looking for to bring commuter rail to Jacksonville and other Florida cities?

As a part of JTA's ongoing commuter rail feasibility study, Gannett Fleming has released information regarding the potential station locations and wants your feedback.

A recent online Times Union questionaire appears to confirm what urbanites have been advocating for years.  Yes, if given the opportunity, we will commute by train.

Today, Jacksonville celebrates the opening of JTA's Five Points Trolley. Meanwhile on the other side of the country, Salt Lake City residents are flocking to the recently completed FrontRunner commuter rail line and enjoying the economic development the line is bringing with it.

While most of Jacksonville focuses on the impact of CSX's rail enhancement plans on JAXPORT, Metro Jacksonville takes a look at how this impacts potential Urban Commuter Rail and Bus Rapid Transit plans.

The San Diego Sprinter, the country's newest commuter rail system officially began operations on March 9, 2008.

Private-sector money behind a $103 million light-rail transit loop on Detroit's Woodward Avenue could cut 20 years off the planning process of bringing light rail to America's Motor City.  Is anyone in the Mayor's Office and JTA paying attention?

Early BRT meetings led you to believe that commuter rail could not be set up to serve urban core neighborhoods due to station spacing constraints.  Orlando's proposed commuter rail system shows that this theory couldn't be further from the truth.