JTA to host international transit conference

[Charles Hunter]

JTA to host UITP (International Association of Public Transport) - North American Forum at end of September (27-29).

The UITP North America Forum is an annual conference aimed to offer the North America region UITP's worldwide resources for global connectivity and knowledge, bringing together the most current information and developments for our urban transit industry.

This year's Forum will be multimodal including automated, shared, and micro mobilities and it will also feature several in-person networking opportunities, enabling instant connectivity between industry suppliers and transit operators.

UITP's global presence, institutional knowledge, network via its members enables this conference to bring together experts with the most current and relevant information.

Registration is free for members and 250 € for non-members. [about $250 at today's exchange rate]

The conference will include several speakers and a tour of the JTA AV Network Technical center on Armsdale Road.

Conference website: https://go.jtafla.com/uitp-naf2022?fbclid=IwAR2Gjg7tBKz4_jh014h0syoDN5RsqcNCBzhvdhiCtcUnWD4ZdcR2B2Us9pY

[BridgeTroll]

Awesome opportunity to showcase Jacksonvilles superb and innovative public transit system...

[jcjohnpaint]

They'll be the bell of da ball!

[Charles Hunter]

Hope none of the dignitaries get run over by an AV.

[marcuscnelson]

I presume this must be one of the bubbles around JTA leadership that work feverishly to maintain the illusion that this technology is ready for primetime. I like that we're hosting big conferences, but I don't know if that's a good thing if it's leading to continued exhaustion of resources on experimentation. It especially seems strange in a time when so many other regions are investing seriously in big, fixed transportation systems (particularly now with new federal funding) that JTA seems to want to rebuke.

[Captain Zissou]

I hope they get laughed off the stage when they present the U2C.  For half the cost we could have a commuter rail network to St. Augustine.  JTA is lighting money on fire for a useless technology.  By the time they figure things out, Tesla, Waymo, or Uber will have automated rideshare vehicles that can go 60+ mph all around the city.  JTA will have to impose a no AV zone over downtown for these to have any demand whatsoever. I also don't think they're above doing that and I'd love to see the justification they use for having a mandatory inferior technology downtown.

[thelakelander]

A field trip to the North Jax Motorsports building on Armsdale should be fun. Hopefully, it will be a good fun break from the seriousness of the transportation industry.

[Ken_FSU]

JTA is lighting money on fire for a useless technology.  By the time they figure things out, Tesla, Waymo, or Uber will have automated rideshare vehicles that can go 60+ mph all around the city.  JTA will have to impose a no AV zone over downtown for these to have any demand whatsoever. I also don't think they're above doing that and I'd love to see the justification they use for having a mandatory inferior technology downtown.

Totally agree, been saying this since day one.

By the time JTA gets this thing up and running, the private sector will already be doing AV way better, faster, and cheaper, and there will be even less reason for this thing to exist.

A streetcar line running from Riverside Arts Market through Brooklyn, down Bay Street to the sports complex, would be such a sounder long-term investment as the city grows, and would actually stimulate infill and TOD in areas where we really need it.