Metro Jacksonville

Rebuilding the Northside: Saving the S-Line The S-Line was originally the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, later taken over by CSX, that snakes through the Northside from JTA's maintenance center near the Prime Osborn to just north of Gateway... FULL STORY
	Coming to a downtown street near you: BRT Photo Tour Yesterday we touched on the potential negative effects of JTA's BRT plans for downtown. For those who don't know, those plans include taking up a massive amount of parallel parking spaces on... FULL STORY
	Metro Jacksonville crashes the Downtown BRT Party At a recent public meeting held at the Main Library Downtown by the Jacksonville Transit Authority, members of MetroJacksonville.com's editorial board were able to meet, greet and ask questions... FULL STORY
	Move over billion dollar bus, it's S-Line time! The costs for Bus Rapid Transit are spiraling out of control and Metro Jacksonville research has discovered that little to no effort was conducted by hired JTA transporation consultants to evaluate... FULL STORY
	Get ready to catch the Billion Dollar Bus Are you ready to take a potential billion dollar bus ride, 30 years from now, that will be able to whisk you from downtown to Gateway Mall, via I-95 or blow down Bay Street at 40 miles an hour? ... FULL STORY
	Bus Rapid Transit to Destroy Downtown As with any major plan, downtown will be the heart of Bus Rapid Transit. Unfortunately, if no real noise is made by the community, it will have devastating effects on everyone's desire to have a... FULL STORY
	"BRT" = Better Quality, but not "Rapid Transit" If you plan cities for traffic, cars and transit - You get traffic, cars and transit. If you plan for people, places and transit - You get people, places transit.For too long, the leaders and... FULL STORY
	Commuter Rail: Coming to a city near you! Unfortunately, its headed to a town about two hours to the South called Orlando. Nevertheless, the success of this rail line in the land of Mickey will impact the future of Jacksonville more than we... FULL STORY
	Commuter Rail: Let's be bold It's time for bold thinking on developing alternative transportation systems in Northeast Florida. If city officials come together to look beyond the boxes of their own Clay, Duval and St. Johns... FULL STORY
	Metro Jacksonville Responds to JTA, Mayor Peyton Even Ottawa (King of BRT) is turning to railJTA officials believe their $21 million/mile BRT plan is cheaper than commuter rail and tout Ottawa’s 16-mile BRT system as a success. However,... FULL STORY

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