Is U2C serious? Help me make it make sense....

[marcuscnelson]

JTA announcing on social media today that NAVI will run until midnight tomorrow for "various downtown events!"

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DtAhvx8Rn/

This includes a detour off Bay Street onto Forsyth and the addition of stops to "accommodate the detour route." It's unclear if the vehicles will be driving themselves on this detour or driven by their attendants.

[MakeDTjaxGre@tAgain]

Getting some competition in the mix. Not looking good for JTA if this passes. Rider count will plummet setting them back even further. What deal did they sign with Holon? Can they get out before it's too late?

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2026/02/27/is-waymo-coming-to-jacksonville-councilman-says-he-will-do-everything-he-can-to-bring-robotaxis-here/

[Charles Hunter]

This means I agree with Diamond on something!

But ... I don't see Waymo coming here before some of those larger un-Waymo'd cities.

[jcjohnpaint]

Reminds me of when Gandalf tells Frodo that Gollum, good or evil, will have a purpose in the end.

[thelakelander]

Waymo doesn't need Diamond to be here, if and when they want to expand service to Jax. Diamond passing legislation is like council trying to pursuade Publix with incentives to open in a food desert. They have a business model and if it makes sense to do something local, they will pursue it.

But I agree with his general stance on NAVI, when compared to these private sector options. NAVI and Holon's little van will be obsolete before things are figured out locally. But that should be a separate discussion from planning and implementation of Jax's "mass" transit network.