Outrageous JTA Transit Sites Selected

[uptowngirl]

For a city in a budget crunch this is a lot of revenue to lose!

[tufsu1]

discounting the fact that JTA is a state agency...anmd therefore separate from the City's budget

[duvaldude08]

Looking at it, I dont think there are trying to buy the entire property. For example, the station Maybe located in Town and country parking (kinda like the mini station looked in Gateway Mall.) Im sure they are not going to but that much property just for a bus station.

[thelakelander]

This whole plan is up in smoke.  The $100 million from the BJP that would have been spent on this is helping fund the over budget Duval County Courthouse project.

[arb]

It's kind of sad, the more I read this stuff, the more I'm convinced that I will be leaving Jacksonville soon. I've been here for a long time and have always loved the city, but more and more lately, I feel the need to move on. I just hope I can sell my house in Springfield when I go, without losing $. 

I am glad to see I am the not the only one feeling this way.

Unfortunately, I feel the same. Jax is becoming a hopeless case, not only with the transportation infastructure, but the schools, crime, preservation, cleanliness, etc. And speaking of problems, whats up with NE Florida and all the child abductions. I was watching some TV today and there was another damn amber alert  :\

[ChriswUfGator]

It's kind of sad, the more I read this stuff, the more I'm convinced that I will be leaving Jacksonville soon. I've been here for a long time and have always loved the city, but more and more lately, I feel the need to move on. I just hope I can sell my house in Springfield when I go, without losing $. 

I am glad to see I am the not the only one feeling this way.

Unfortunately, I feel the same. Jax is becoming a hopeless case, not only with the transportation infastructure, but the schools, crime, preservation, cleanliness, etc. And speaking of problems, whats up with NE Florida and all the child abductions. I was watching some TV today and there was another damn amber alert  :\

Ask RedneckWestsider. Someone probably forgot to pay their $75 "Anti-Abduction Fee"...

[uptowngirl]

discounting the fact that JTA is a state agency...anmd therefore separate from the City's budget

WTH? The property taxes beign paid go to the city, if JTA purchases the properties they are exempt. That would mean a loss of a revenue to the city correct?

[tufsu1]

but JTA didn't purchase any of these properties

[ricker]

can anyone here assist in sourcing the details of the Hamilton St., Shirley Ave. fccj  elevated busway project which may have oneday crossed the ditch behind those modular homes on Hamilton which sit straddling the little creek?
I hear (from a woman who has lived on Tunis since it was 51st street) that St'Mathew's school had a bit to do with shelving it (for now) due to the reconfiguraton (elimination) of theire athletics program if r.o.w. was encroached upon (subject to condemnation).

Just interested to see what may have been.
not really for or against it.

Hamilton could stand a central turnlane at St.John's Ave at least.
It's a stretch of road which carries traffic circulating around parked trains at times. accessing any of  3 inner arterials_Cassat, Blanding, 17. not to mention Park St. under the RR and Blanding/Park connector over as well as busy busy SanJuan.
Improving the Hamilton and Blanding intersections at St'John's Ave needs to happen. on the cheap.
nothing fancy. just signals declaring who has the right to move their vehicle and when.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Blanding has right of way through St. John's & St. John's has right of way through Hamilton.  Not to sound too snarky, but the stop-signs declare who gets to go and who doesn't.   

[ricker]

heard.

have you ever tried to turn south onto Blanding from St.John'sAve westbound?

This intersection is within what was and should have remained a SCHOOL ZONE.

snarkiness notwithstanding.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

heard.

have you ever tried to turn south onto Blanding from St.John'sAve westbound?

This intersection is within what was and should have remained a SCHOOL ZONE.

snarkiness notwithstanding.

I do all the time, usually with a nice take-out of wings, and there's never been a real issue.  The lights at Park and Blanding (for southbound) and at the gymnastics place (for northbound traffic) seem to hold traffic enough for me to make a left without much issue.

With regards to the school zone, they really need to mark it a little better, I catch myself not slowing down until it's way too late when I travel Hamilton.  If there was ever a JSO watching that area, I would be paying a hefty ticket.  The funny thing is, I know it's there, but since there's only the sign (partially behind some oleanders) I seem to forget more mornings than I remember.