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I'm Smaller than Jax and I have Rail
Many Jacksonvillians still believe that Jacksonville is too small and not dense enough for rail. Here is a list of American cities and their rail systems that will put this inaccurate argument to rest.
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A Lesson for Jacksonville: The St. Louis Metrolink
MetroLink is a light rail transit system in the Greater St. Louis area. The entire system currently consists of two lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Shrewsbury, MO with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, IL through downtown St. Louis.
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A Lesson for Jacksonville: Norfolk's Tide Light Rail
Add Norfolk to the growing list of Jacksonville's peers moving into the 21st century by adding rail transit to their collection of transportation alternatives. Now under construction, Norfolk's 7.4 mile starter line is scheduled to open in 2010.
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Rail in Jacksonville: Getting Started Immediately
"Rapid transit is about a lot more than moving people from Point A to Point B," Owens says. "It's about creating vibrant communities. It's about making Detroit and the suburbs the types of vibrant communities people believe they can become. We need to not only think about what do we want today but want...
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Federal Stimulus for Jacksonville to St. Augustine Rail?
While Jacksonville's leaders continue to claim there are no local ?shovel ready? rail projects, the other end of the state believes otherwise. South Florida intends to request $100 million in federal stimulus relief money to implement passenger rail service between Jacksonville and Miami.
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North Jacksonville Transportation Study
The North Area Transportation Study highlights infrastructure improvements being considered by the City of Jacksonville to accommodate future growth north of the Trout and St. Johns Rivers. Could bringing rail into the equation reduce the amount of road construction predicted by this plan?
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Affordable Streetcar: M-Line Streetcar
If you want to bring the streetcars back to your town or city and don't have much money, the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority is a great model to follow. The 3.6 mile line was installed in late 1980s with funding from private developers and donations.
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Walkable Streets: A Lesson for the JEDC
Walkable communities have a healthy respect for people of all abilities, and has appropriate ramps, medians, refuges, crossings of driveways, sidewalks on all streets where needed, benches, shade and other basic amenities to make walking feasible and enjoyable for everyone.
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BRT Coming to Blanding Boulevard
This week, Jacksonville's first bus only lanes will open along Blanding Boulevard between Morse Avenue and 103rd Street. This project offers the community a real life local example of Bus Rapid Transit in action. Will it be a success or will it serve as a monument displaying the reasons why investment...
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JTA's Transit Initiatives
Although it is no master plan, it's the closest thing to one that JTA has offered up to date. If dreams can become reality, Jacksonville could have a regional mass transit system that includes commuter rail, light rail, streetcars and waterborne transit.
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