Is Jacksonvile ready for a road diet?

[thelakelander]

^Yes, I think Tallulah in Panama Park may have been the last. So is Jax ready for more?  IMO, over 50% of the major streets in the urban core would benefit from being right-sized.

[jaxnyc79]

^Yes, I think Tallulah in Panama Park may have been the last. So is Jax ready for more?  IMO, over 50% of the major streets in the urban core would benefit from being right-sized.

I agree

[Tacachale]

I'd say the answer is yes.

[NIMBY]

Remember, public hearing this Thursday: http://www.nflroads.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/KingsRoadPublicHearingNotice.pdf

[thelakelander]

Yes, we'll have a story about a few successful road diets to roadways similar to Kings Road, in a few other Florida cities, later this week. One road is a BRT corridor, proving that traffic does not have to "stack" behind a stopped bus.  Another has turned into a bonefide pedestrian scale dining and retail district. It strongly suggests that a street where all modes are properly balanced can generate additional economic activity, despite not being 4-lanes anymore.

[Jagsdrew]

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2026/jul/23/proposed-street-project-includes-converting-two-lanes-of-riverside-avenue-in-brooklyn-to-parallel-parking/

Riverside Avenue getting a much needed road diet along with Monroe Street converting to two way traffic.

[acme54321]

I can't wait to hear Ron Armstong complain about this 

[Jagsdrew]

I can't wait to hear Ron Armstong complain about this 

He's got it all figured out with the People's Plan of Jacksonville. Apparently, it's a utopian world where every problem gets solved overnight.

[MakeDTjaxGre@tAgain]

Many diets proposed out in flight. Not sure if any of you drive through St Aug Rd. But that got dieted. 4 to 2 with a suicide lane down the middle and huge bike lanes.

Very commercial and industrial heavy road that needed repairs 10 years ago. Mayport is probably gonna get diet too.

[Charles Hunter]

For Monroe Street, the proposal is to eliminate one traffic lane of the three-lane street and add bicycle lanes to each side between Interstate 95 and Jefferson Street.

I assume new westbound traffic on Monroe would be routed north on Johnson Street to either Duval or Church.  Johnson is the last street before the I-95 exit ramp.

Has the City talked to FDOT about how to handle the transition from the two-lane Monroe Exit ramp to only one lane eastbound on Monroe?

Unrelated, but looking at Google Street View, I saw that the Police Mounted Unit stable is on Johnson, north of Monroe. What happens to that city property if the Sheriff's proposed relocation to the Cecil Equestrian Center is approved in the budget?

[jaxlongtimer]

For Monroe Street, the proposal is to eliminate one traffic lane of the three-lane street and add bicycle lanes to each side between Interstate 95 and Jefferson Street.

LOL. This looks great but Monroe has to be the most expensive local street per mile of pavement over the last 40 years.  First, it was going to be THE gateway street to Downtown from I-95.  Big $$$ were spent to dress it up, accordingly.  Soon after, the City decided to plop the courthouse in the middle of Monroe.  Great example of no City master plan for Downtown.  Just blowing with the wind.  Now, we are changing Monroe again.  That's 3 rebuilds, averaging about every 10 to 15 years.

Boy, do we need a Downtown master plan badly!

[Aristocles]

Yes, we'll have a story about a few successful road diets to roadways similar to Kings Road, in a few other Florida cities, later this week. One road is a BRT corridor, proving that traffic does not have to "stack" behind a stopped bus.  Another has turned into a bonefide pedestrian scale dining and retail district. It strongly suggests that a street where all modes are properly balanced can generate additional economic activity, despite not being 4-lanes anymore.

In other words, turn the stroads into streets.