JTA Plans to Transform Bus Travel in Jacksonville

[ErikSetzer]

I'm glad they're doing something at least.  It'll take some serious getting used to, especially the breakup of the S1 route into multiple routes, but at least if I want to get downtown in one ride still, I can walk down the road to get a different bus (granted, it's a 20-25 minute walk).

"Is there anywhere else to look at the proposed routes other than their interactive map? It's hard to actually see where each route goes."

Go to this page and click the "Content" button, it'll list routes and you can click them off and look at individual routes:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=ccba00fba1ec4f239b771849b5d8a3f2&extent=-82,30.0187,-81.1135,30.5269

That helped me out a lot, I was originally concerned that it would take me two or three buses to get to work, but I found out that part of the route was covered by other routes.  This is a much better way to see what the routes are going to be like.

[thelakelander]

MEDIA ALERT *** PHOTO/VIDEO OPPORTUNITY *** MEDIA ALERT

Public Hearing for JTA's Route Optimization Initiative


WHAT:                               

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is holding a public hearing to seek feedback regarding proposed changes to the bus system under the Route Optimization Initiative (ROI).

The JTA Route Optimization Initiative (ROI) will improve the customer experience by:

•   Providing reliable, on-time service
•   Increasing bus service frequency
•   Creating more direct routes
•   Renaming routes
•   Extending hours of operation
•   Implementing a new signage program
•   Offering Real-time passenger information


WHEN:                                

Thursday, August 7, 2014

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.               

Presentations will take place at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.



WHERE:                              

FSCJ Downtown Campus

101 West State Street

Room 1058

Jacksonville, Florida 32202

[funguy]

I have enjoyed public transportation in many major cities around the world. It is a pleasure riding a bus and watching the scenery go by.
As an adventure I took the bus from Avondale to the Art Walk last evening and I was appalled by the dirty windows that were almost impossible to see through. If you want a more quality bus rider I strongly suggest you wash bus windows inside & out and keep the advertisements off the windows. Like first tier cities do.

[David]

Has anyone been on the bus since the route changes were implemented? I have a fairly lengthy commute to Riverside from Mandarin and the bus travel times aren't much longer than driving at rush hour according to the JTA website.  I might give it a shot if i can sit and ride vs driving in stop-n-go traffic for 45 minutes.

Also, does anyone know how scarce the bike rack availability are on the buses? One leg of the trip suggest a 15 minute walk, i'd prefer to bike that part if possible.

(edit: didn't see the more recent thread about the Dec 1 route changes, i'll spam there instead)

[ProjectMaximus]

I have very rarely taken the bus so I can't pretend to be knowledgeable on this subject, but I will say that I have seen a bike on a bus only once in perhaps some hundred times of looking.