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#31

Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: JTA meetings on the future...

Last post by thelakelander - April 08, 2026, 12:58:38 PM

^You two are on to something. What about if we could make it more unique, environmental friendly and resilient by restoring to long polluted creeks in the process? Sorry, maybe thats too ambitious of a dream.

#32

Downtown / Re: Downtown Development Updat...

Last post by Ken_FSU - April 08, 2026, 10:44:52 AM

The sculpture was starting to go up this morning in front of MOCA.

[turn it into an above-ground path for walking and bicycling.]

#33

Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: JTA meetings on the future...

Last post by Ken_FSU - April 08, 2026, 10:37:31 AM

Public comments submitted so far on the future of the Skyway show the top choices are to either run bigger trains on the elevated structure or turn it into an above-ground path for walking and bicycling.

Please don't laugh at me, as this might be a little bit of radical idea.

What if we did this on the ground instead, in some cases directly beneath the existing Skyway tracks? Ambitious, but I"m picturing maybe 30 miles of pedestrian & bicycle trails, greenways and parks encircling the urban core, link somewhere in the ballpark of 14 historic neighborhoods.

Don't judge.

Interesting.  So like a full trail network?  I like the greenways and parks component of it. What if we even gave it a snazzy name to help with it's notoriety?  How about something flashy like The Emerald Trail?  It's just a first draft, but I think the name should tie in both the green spaces and the walking paths.  Is that crazy?

I fear we may be ahead of our time

Let's go with the fallback plan of spending $150m+ to:
1) Take downtown's most functional transit system offline
2) Replace it with a narrow elevated sidewalk that separates downtown's few pedestrians from our struggling retail storefronts

#34

Downtown / Re: Rebuilding RISE Doro

Last post by Ken_FSU - April 08, 2026, 10:34:58 AM

Anyone know the specifics/see the designs for the road work going on between RISE Doro and the Four Seasons development? I assume some kind of traffic calming measure? Is the intent to drop Bay down to two lanes in that area?

Currently what's happening is that JEA is running a chilled water line under bay street to connect to the stadium.  After that work is complete, some traffic calming measures will be installed by the crosswalk right there.

Thanks Ned!

[turn it into an above-ground path for walking and bicycling.]

#35

Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: JTA meetings on the future...

Last post by Ned Plimpton - April 08, 2026, 10:21:44 AM

Public comments submitted so far on the future of the Skyway show the top choices are to either run bigger trains on the elevated structure or turn it into an above-ground path for walking and bicycling.

Please don't laugh at me, as this might be a little bit of radical idea.

What if we did this on the ground instead, in some cases directly beneath the existing Skyway tracks? Ambitious, but I"m picturing maybe 30 miles of pedestrian & bicycle trails, greenways and parks encircling the urban core, link somewhere in the ballpark of 14 historic neighborhoods.

Don't judge.

Interesting.  So like a full trail network?  I like the greenways and parks component of it. What if we even gave it a snazzy name to help with it's notoriety?  How about something flashy like The Emerald Trail?  It's just a first draft, but I think the name should tie in both the green spaces and the walking paths.  Is that crazy?

#36

Downtown / Re: Rebuilding RISE Doro

Last post by Ned Plimpton - April 08, 2026, 09:55:04 AM

Anyone know the specifics/see the designs for the road work going on between RISE Doro and the Four Seasons development? I assume some kind of traffic calming measure? Is the intent to drop Bay down to two lanes in that area?

Currently what's happening is that JEA is running a chilled water line under bay street to connect to the stadium.  After that work is complete, some traffic calming measures will be installed by the crosswalk right there.

#37

Downtown / Re: Rebuilding RISE Doro

Last post by Ken_FSU - April 08, 2026, 09:09:06 AM

Anyone know the specifics/see the designs for the road work going on between RISE Doro and the Four Seasons development? I assume some kind of traffic calming measure? Is the intent to drop Bay down to two lanes in that area?

[turn it into an above-ground path for walking and bicycling.]

#38

Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: JTA meetings on the future...

Last post by Ken_FSU - April 08, 2026, 09:06:00 AM

Public comments submitted so far on the future of the Skyway show the top choices are to either run bigger trains on the elevated structure or turn it into an above-ground path for walking and bicycling.

Please don't laugh at me, as this might be a little bit of radical idea.

What if we did this on the ground instead, in some cases directly beneath the existing Skyway tracks? Ambitious, but I"m picturing maybe 30 miles of pedestrian & bicycle trails, greenways and parks encircling the urban core, link somewhere in the ballpark of 14 historic neighborhoods.

Don't judge.

#39

History / Re: Alice Kilpatrick and the R...

Last post by Ken_FSU - April 08, 2026, 09:02:40 AM

Great stuff! Drive by this building almost every day, and have always wondered about the history.

#40

Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: JTA meetings on the future...

Last post by Nmhatt - April 08, 2026, 07:42:17 AM

I asked someone about this at the feedback meetings when I was there, but how much weight do the community responses actually have? Could JTA just ignore the results and do what they always planned to (converting the track for NAVI), or are they bound in some way by the outcome of the feedback? Something tells me that even if the results are between larger vehicles and a walking track that neither of those will actually end up happening.