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Latest Transportation articles from Jacksonville, FLTrimming the Fat: How to reduce the cost of JTA's BRT
Metro Jacksonville takes a closer look at JTA's $25 million plan for BRT on Philips Highway and presents an affordable non-federal funding assistance seeking alternative.
Read MoreStreetcars & Waterfronts: The F Market & Wharves Line
With a little creativity, San Francisco's F Market & Wharves historic streetcar line is the most successful vintage rail line ever opened, attracting over 20,000 riders a day. The restoration of the F-Line led to a billion dollars of redevelopment along the wharves and waterfront and has been so successful...
Read MoreA Look at BRT: The Kansas City MAX
As JTA looks into investing our hard earned tax dollars into bus rapid transit, Metro Jacksonville highlights one of the most successful recently completed BRT projects: The Kansas City MAX.
Read MoreSeparated Bike Lanes: Could Jacksonville Benefit?
With JTA attempting to force their dreams of bus rapid transit down the throats of residents, bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements continue to be ignored. The City of Vancouver is implementing something that Jacksonville needs more than bus only lanes: Separated Bicycle Lanes.
Read MoreJTA To Move Forward with Philips Highway BRT Plan
Despite popular support for commuter rail linking Jacksonville with St. Augustine, JTA plans to move forward with bringing BRT to the corridor instead. Is this a mistake in the making that will hurt Jacksonville's chances of implementing a viable commuter rail corridor? Does JTA or Jacksonville even...
Read MoreRevitalizing the Urban Core: Road Diets
Metro Jacksonville looks at a successful revitalization concept that could make Jacksonville's urban core a better place to live.
Read MoreDowntown Bus Rapid Transit Project Moving Forward
As JTA moves forward with implementing Bus Rapid Transit in downtown, Metro Jacksonville takes a look at the proposed shelter designs.
Read MoreBringing Amtrak to Downtown Jacksonville Inexpensively
Metro Jacksonville explores an affordable way to accelerate the relocation of Amtrak to downtown.
Read MoreChanges coming to Riverside Trolley Bus
Plans are underway to enhance the Riverside Trolley route between Downtown and the Riverside/Avondale Historic District.
Read MoreFormer Passenger Rail Station to Reopen
After much consideration, the City of St. Augustine has selected the former FEC rail station, north of downtown, as its official preferred station site for passenger rail's return to the city.
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