FOLIO ARTICLE on BRT and RAIL

[mjesus1]

I just moved back to Jacksonville from the San Francisco Bay area and "backwards" is the way my husband and I describe Jax from time to time, and what JTA is trying to do with BRT is the perfect example. I laughed out loud when I read in the article that Mike Miller, JTA's director of external affairs "touts the enviromental benefits of BRT, and how much CO2 could be elminated if 50 to 60 cars were taken off the road-one car for every passenger on a BRT bus."  He doesn't get it.  People with cars don't stop driving cars to take buses.  People who ride buses are people without cars.  I lived about 45 minutes south of San Francisco and during my entire time in CA I never rode the buses.  I did however take use the Light Rail system, and frequently used BART and often took the Cal Train to the city. I am not saying buses are not bad, my 15 year old daughter rode them all the time, but they are not the best answer in the case.