JTA won a $2 million federal grant

John P · December 01, 2011, 10:34:31 PM

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2011-12-01/jta-awarded-23-million-federal-grant

What will this be used for?

tufsu1 · December 01, 2011, 11:17:10 PM

usually these are used for maintenance, not operations or additional service

duvaldude08 · December 01, 2011, 11:23:08 PM

Lets see how much they use to fix these piss poor skyway stations. Maybe this is why they stated things would be fixed by December. They were probably banking on getting this grant

dougskiles · December 02, 2011, 06:35:56 AM

It may be for upgrading their fare collection system. Earlier this week they were promoting a new STAR system that consists of a card that you tap on a box (or something) that deducts your fare.

tufsu1 · December 02, 2011, 10:22:07 AM

STAR - simply tap and ride

Many transit agencies have gone (or are going) this route

fieldafm · December 02, 2011, 10:27:30 AM

I was under the impression the funds for STAR came from a different grant.

fsujax · December 02, 2011, 10:31:04 AM

STAR is funded through one of the stimulus packages.

dougskiles · December 02, 2011, 02:06:14 PM

Will STAR work on the skyway?

Dapperdan · December 02, 2011, 03:03:13 PM

Does STAR really stand for Simply Tap and Ride? Lol. Why does that bring images to my head that are not related to Skyway fare collection systems?