Assorted Discussion about the Skyway and the PCT Trolleys

[Dashing Dan]

Here's the  text of a letter that I wrote about the mobility plan.

May 18, 2011





Members of the 2011 Awards Jury,

At our meeting today, the board of the APA FL First Coast section has voted to strongly endorse the nomination of the City of Jacksonville Mobility Plan for a 2011 APA FL Chapter Best Practices Award.

The mobility plan represents a significant advance in the practice of growth management in Florida.  It utilizes innovative approaches to achieve practical and feasible solutions to well known problems with Florida’s traditional concurrency based growth management system.

It is the product of an intensive technical effort undertaken by the staff of the City of Jacksonville planning department, under the leadership of Bill Killingsworth.  The plan also reflects a significant outreach initiative that involved frequent public meetings of the City of Jacksonville Mobility Plan Task Force.  This outreach initiative has greatly increased the likelihood that the plan will be adopted and implemented over the next few months.

Members of the board of the APA FL First Coast Section have had ample opportunity to become familiar the plan and to participate in its development.  Our support for this nomination is based upon what we know and understand about this plan, as well as upon our support for the objectives that this plan is likely to achieve.

On behalf of the APA FL First Coast Section, I am proud to submit this letter of support.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance or if you require any additional information regarding our support for this nomination.

Very truly yours,


Chair, First Coast Section
APA FL Chapter

[Dashing Dan]

So ignore these needs at the local level in the hope that they will be taken care of by the feds?

Is anyone ignoring these needs?

Outside of the JTA, there are very few leaders in this city who are aware of the needs of bus riders.

Isn't that obvious?

[thelakelander]

That's a nice letter Dashing Dan. The reason I asked about your familiarity with the plan was based on the questions and comments you've been making about certain projects within it. A skim through the executive summary and written report would help illustrate the goals of specific projects and why they were included.  Believe it or not, they were seriously vetted and not plucked out of thin air.

[thelakelander]

Regarding improving bus/skyway operations, there are several improvements that can and should be implemented now without future mobility plan capital improvement money. We've covered a lot of them over the years and I'll post a link to them when I get access to a computer.

[Ocklawaha]

Outside of the JTA, there are very few leaders in this city who are aware of the needs of bus riders.

Isn't that obvious?

INside of the JTA, there are very few who are aware of the needs of bus riders.

OCKLAWAHA