Joint Mobility Plan Workshop This Week

[Ocklawaha]

Private right-of-way is the only way to go IF you can convince the COJ to give up the lanes. Considering the mysterious urge to send thousands of cars from the stadiums and get them out of town as fast as possible that might be a tough sell. Beaver Street unlike any of the others gives us a shot at two major things, first, a private right of way between downtown and the stadium areas, and two, access to the old right of way straight north to Springfield and Gateway.

This last one could be labeled WTF?

On a side note, I absolutely hate some of the newer streetcar track where they bury the damn thing in concrete no matter if it's in the street or in a cow pasture. Track DOES NOT need to be paved, and worse still paving the track limits access for maintenance. I'm sure the contractors that sell this stuff don't care, and no matter what they tell JTA or the COJ, they'll be long gone before we need to start replacing rail, or leveling low spots, which is when the excrement will hit the mechanical ventilating device.

Track in the green, such as the original Jacksonville Traction Company's "Worlds most beautiful streetcar line's,' in Springfield, Ortega, Murray Hill etc. is not only far more accessible it is also more appealing to the eye.

Streetcar green space can be used to change the look of entire neighborhoods. Can you visualize what a complete cleansing of the old railroad right of way from Arlington Expressway north to King Edward/21 St would do for those neighborhoods?  Hell Ionia might go to the head of the class for restoration homes and businesses.

OCKLAWAHA

[thelakelander]

Private right-of-way is the only way to go IF you can convince the COJ to give up the lanes. Considering the mysterious urge to send thousands of cars from the stadiums and get them out of town as fast as possible that might be a tough sell.

All you need is a change at the top and the rest of the departments will fall in line.  Hopefully, change in the right direction will happen with the upcoming Mayor's race.