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Commuting Mode Share in the 30 Largest U.S. Cities
Everyone already knows Jacksonville can be a pretty dismal place for commuting if you're not married to asphalt, SUVs, and carbon monoxide clogged highways. However, Metro Jacksonville takes a look at how Jacksonville stacks up with the largest cities in the country, in terms of commuting mode share....
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Bicycle-less BRT Streetscape Coming to Downtown?
On Monday, March 15th, 2010, US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new "complete streets" policy that would put planning for bicycling and pedestrians on equal footing with highways and transit. In his blog, Secretary LaHood states that "this is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense...
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JTA Public Meeting on Downtown Bus Rapid Transit Today
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is headed to downtown Jacksonville. This evening, a public meeting will be held to share the details.
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Stunning Things Are Happening As Florida Goes Rail
The announcement from Florida East Coast Industries of a new private passenger rail service is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. In an article that started as the mere musings of a retired railroad consultant, Metro Jacksonville blows the lid off huge changes in the Sunshine State. This is bigger...
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FECI Bringing Private Passenger Rail To Florida By 2014
Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (FECI) recently announced its intention to develop a privately owned, operated and maintained passenger rail service connecting South Florida and Orlando by 2014. If the 240-mile route, which would combine 200 miles of existing track and 40 miles of new, is successful,...
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Major Urban Interchange Project Underway
Construction is underway on the long proposed Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway/21st Street interchange just north of downtown Jacksonville.
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Mass Transit Deja Vu?
Metro Jacksonville's Bob Mann on how major cities San Diego and Portland took a streetcar development plan similar to Jacksonville's up into the clouds of success, while we fiddled away a leadership opportunity. And - are we about to do it again?
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Amtrak 40th Anniversary Stops in Jacksonville
Amtrak's 11-month-long touring train exhibit, to celebrate 40 years as "America's Railroad", is coming to an end mid-March, with just four stops left. Metrojacksonville was there to commemorate Feb. 11-12 at Amtrak Jacksonville Station for a look into the company's historic past, and its promising future....
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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi!
Transportation consultant Robert Mann provides his opinion on recent news releases on flawed local transit planning and a huge transit funding award coming Jacksonville's way.
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Where Are The Streetcars Now?
The story goes that the Jacksonville Traction Company got its historical start when an African American man found a four wheel tram, built a car body on it, and went into the street railroad business. While that may sound far fetched today, it should be remembered that many different trams and rails...
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