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Affordable Streetcar: Seattle's Waterfront Streetcar
Operating from 1982 through 2005, Seattle's George Benson Waterfront Streetcar line is an example of a single track streetcar system successfully operating on a single track with passing sidings. Constructing a similar system locally could reduce the cost of implementing rail transit in Jacksonville.
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Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Corridor Service
The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile Amtrak corridor passenger service serving Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. With 2.89 million passengers in fiscal year 2008, this is Amtrak's most heavily traveled service outside of the Northeast Corridor, covering 59.1% of its operating...
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Affordable Streetcar: Little Rock River Rail
The River Rail Streetcar is a project of the Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CAT). The 3 mile line connects together the downtown's of Little Rock and North Little Rock, providing direct access to the convention center and historic River Market area in downtown Little Rock, the new sports arena across...
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Streetcars Coming to Downtown Jacksonville?
An in depth look at the results of JTA's Streetcar Pre-Feasibility Study. This study attempts to define a basic implementation strategy as well as identify and assess the districts a streetcar could potentially serve.
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METRO Light Rail: Rail Comes to Phoenix
Sixty years after Phoenix's old trolley system was shut down, the city rejoins the growing list of American metropolitan areas investing in rail based mass transit.
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Touring the Northside: BRT North Corridor Photo Tour
After years of protest by Metro Jacksonville, urban advocates, and concerned citizens, JTA has decided to alter their bus rapid transit plan. Today, Metro Jacksonville provides the public with a photo tour JTA's proposed BRT corridor and the surrounding environment.
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Open for Business: Rail Runner comes to Santa Fe
Despite being smaller than Gainesville, Santa Fe, NM is the latest American city to benefit from rail as a local mass transit option.
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Amtrak Keystone Corridor Service
Connecting Harrisburg, PA with Philadelphia, The 104 mile Keystone Corridor is another example of the type of system Amtrak wishes to establish in Florida, with Downtown Jacksonville as a potential hub destination.
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New Route Revealed for BRT North Corridor
After several years of negative public feedback on their proposed dedicated busways parallel to I-95, JTA has now shifted to an affordable plan that will complement rail in Urban Jacksonville.
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Amtrak Capitol Corridor Service
The Capitol Corridor is a 172-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in California. By comparison, Jacksonville is 140 miles from Orlando, 197 miles from Tampa and 344 miles from Miami. Imagine if there were as many as 32 daily passenger trains running between Jacksonville and Florida's other...
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