Metro Jacksonville

Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: Tacachale on October 15, 2019, 09:35:51 AM

Title: JTA Skyway Survey Leaves Out Transit Dependent Areas
Post by: Tacachale on October 15, 2019, 09:35:51 AM
(https://photos.moderncities.com/Transportation/JTA-Skyway-U2C/i-MH9nsZq/0/20944a32/L/GrantImage-L.jpg)

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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has released a survey asking participants which destinations they'd like the Skyway expansion to reach. However, JTA continues to miss a golden opportunity by focusing on trendy urban areas to the exclusion of dense African-American neighborhoods where many residents already rely on JTA transit.

Read more: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/jta-skyway-survey-leaves-out-transit-dependent-areas/
Title: Re: JTA Skyway Survey Leaves Out Transit Dependent Areas
Post by: Captain Zissou on October 15, 2019, 10:34:13 AM
In a year full of bad decisions, this one is a doozy.  I would rather have a third of this proposed distance covered by the current skyway system than what's proposed.  Also, that rendering looks like it's from 1984.
Title: Re: JTA Skyway Survey Leaves Out Transit Dependent Areas
Post by: bl8jaxnative on October 16, 2019, 09:33:26 AM

95+% of JTA's $$$$$$$$$ comes from politicians.   We shouldn't be surprised that what JTA is pandering to the politically connected.