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LYNX Light Rail: Five Years Later
Nearly five years ago, Metro Jacksonville covered the opening of Charlotte, North Carolina's LYNX light rail line. Today, we present a photo essay of the environment that has developed around Charlotte's rail line to illustrate what could be possible in our own city when community-led vision enters...
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Construction on SR 9B Continues to Advance
Jacksonville's latest expressway construction project continues to move towards completion. Today, Metro Jacksonville shares an update on the status of State Road 9B which will eventually become Interstate 795.
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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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What Real Rail Systems Look Like: HSR Connections
Since the decline and almost total destruction of the American Passenger Rail Network in the 70s and the demolition and dismemberment of the interurbans and streetcars in almost every city across the continent during the 40's and 50's the memory and easy familiarity with an interlinked network of passenger...
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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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