JTA Skyway Riverside Extension

[Ocklawaha]

Riverside should be an easy station to effect. For the time being, a Brooklyn station could be a simple ground level stop, a more complex elevated station could be added as the new apartment and mixed use communities come on line. This could set the stage for eventual extension southward toward the office towers.

By far the most important expansions of the Skyway should be southward into San Marco from Kings Avenue, and eastward from Central Station to the stadium/East Side area. With the addition of streetcar on Water, Newnan, Duval and Lee, ALL bus movements (except the CT buses) through the core could be eliminated.

As for closed on weekends, this is simply the wrong way to expand it's usefulness or ridership. I would suggest that since it only takes two men to operate the system, that it could go 365/21/7. On weekends and overnight a pair of cars could be kept on each side of the river and would operate on call.

[thelakelander]

Ock, how would an extra line serving a station at the maintenance yard work operationally?  Would a train simply go back and forth between Brooklyn and Central Stations only?

[tufsu1]

It's only open on the weekends for special occasions.

LOL. Good Lord.

this isn't new...its been that way for over 2 years now

[Ocklawaha]

Ock, how would an extra line serving a station at the maintenance yard work operationally?  Would a train simply go back and forth between Brooklyn and Central Stations only?

Being as Brooklyn/Riverside would be a stub branchline just like the JRTC link, it could be done with an out and back shuttle, but it also could rotate with the JRTC line, running JRTC-Rosa Parks-Riverside in a dance with the more frequent schedules on the San Marco-Rosa Parks or San Marco-Stadium lines.

I've long thought that the Stadium and San Marco should share a single route with a physical lock-out during all but exceptional necessity. The choke point would be Central Station, but by staggering the trains, and utilizing double track east or north of Hogan, or South or west of the Brooklyn Switch, should overcome this. To do this the Rosa Parks - JRTC - Riverside line would share a working switch as they shuffled back and forth.

[dougskiles]

Ock - you are doing a great job of keeping the dream alive.

And are definitely helping me to stay motivated.

[Ocklawaha]

Thank's Doug. That Skyway is about my least favorite mode of transport for Jacksonville, but since we're already dropped $200 million on it, there is no reason not to spend a like amount making it a vibrant piece of the JTA network.

[Coolyfett]

It's only open on the weekends for special occasions.

ooh I was in jax one weekend in sept & the thing was closed. . Must not be good ridership anymore. I guess they will eventually stop running it then?

[Coolyfett]

It's only open on the weekends for special occasions.

LOL. Good Lord.

this isn't new...its been that way for over 2 years now

its all. News tome .I thought it was just free, I didn't know they limited service. Was trying to show my niece & nephew how to ride it. I was also told JTA has a card reader system, I was never able to make it to Rosa Parks Staion.

[dougskiles]

Thank's Doug. That Skyway is about my least favorite mode of transport for Jacksonville, but since we're already dropped $200 million on it, there is no reason not to spend a like amount making it a vibrant piece of the JTA network.

You can't deny that it is the best way to get over the river.  The views of downtown are unbeatable.  I regularly hear positive remarks from out-of-town visitors about the scenery.

[thelakelander]

It's only open on the weekends for special occasions.

LOL. Good Lord.

this isn't new...its been that way for over 2 years now

its all. News tome .I thought it was just free, I didn't know they limited service. Was trying to show my niece & nephew how to ride it. I was also told JTA has a card reader system, I was never able to make it to Rosa Parks Staion.

They've had limited skyway weekend service for a couple of years now.  It's definitely not the best way to operate mass transit.  Hopefully, some things like this will possibly change once the new CEO gets going good on his job.

[Coolyfett]

New ceo? So Blaylock got the boot huh? Anyone here have one of those Star cards, how are people like those?

[tufsu1]

Dude...have you been reading this site at all over the last 6 months?

[Coolyfett]

Dude...have you been reading this site at all over the last 6 months?

no, not sure when my last post was prior to recently. Id have to check. I posted about a month ago on Aug 6th & July 9th before that.