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Water Taxi Service Expands To Riverside
Connectivity between Riverside and Downtown has been enhanced with the expansion of water taxi service to the Riverside Arts Market (RAM). Metro Jacksonville shares some sights and scenes from the inaugural trip.
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Does Fixed Transit Really Spur Economic Development?
Does rail-based mass transit really stimulate growth in urban core neighborhoods outside of downtown? Metro Jacksonville takes a visual look at peer city 2010 urban core census results and lets you decide.
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Can a Streetcar cost less than a Faux Trolley?
Bob Mann, the resident transit consultant and ferroequinologist, examines the difference in the two systems and demonstrates that in a short number of years the faux trolley actually costs us more than a streetcar.
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JTA Responds to Skyway Criticism
Facing increased scrutiny from mayoral candidates and the public, JTA releases a statement explaining the current state of the Skyway and welcomes discussion about where to go from here.
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Salvaging The Skyway
The future of the skyway has become one of the most contentious talking points during this year's mayoral race. Here are five affordable solutions that have the ability to increase ridership while reducing the amount of subsidies needed for onging operations.
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New Transit Projects Coming in 2012
Metro Jacksonville shares a recently released Reconnecting America report analyzing the Obama administration's request for funding 32 transit construction projects across the nation in 2012. The administration is proposing to spend $3,225,556,000 on a mixture of heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail,...
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Solving JTA's BRT North Corridor Funding Dilemma
Metro Jacksonville takes a closer look at JTA's $21.3 million plan for BRT along Lem Turner Road and presents an affordable alternative to get the ball rolling.
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Gov. Scott's Rail Decisions To Impact Jacksonville
The fallout from Rick Scott's decision to end Florida's high speed rail and Orlando's Sunrail commuter rail projects will negatively impact Jacksonville.
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Outer Beltway Dead? Now What?
Jacksonville and Clay County should be thanking their lucky stars that the $1.8 billion Outer Beltway has met its demise. Going forward, here are a few projects worth considering to improve traffic congestion and encourage economic development in Clay County.
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BRT North Corridor Project Moving Forward
With a public hearing approaching on February 15th, Metro Jacksonville takes a look at JTA's proposed BRT North Corridor Project.
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