JTA eyes land for transit station

Ocklawaha · September 22, 2007, 04:13:54 PM

Ever hear the term "The Silver Rails?*" We could darn near build the system with Silver Rails for $400.00 million.

Ocklawaha

*Silver Rails, is slang for a well used railroad with a silver shine on the top of each rail. However, there is history to that slang. The Virginia and Truckee RR in Nevada, and the various narrow gauge roads that once served the high Sangre de Cristo and San Juan ranges of Colorado, had rails rolled with some local iron ore, in both cases the rails were really laced with traces of pure silver. TRUTH!

DetroitInJAX · September 23, 2007, 02:32:50 AM

All I can say is that more and more that I read about JTA and how they operate, the more I see a taxpayer funded authority that has absolutely no forward planning skills. JTA cant see any further than the front windows on one of their decrepit, death-trap, smog-spewing, Clinton era buses.. (Maybe they could see a little better if they peeled Kieth Pierson off every damn thing they own

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What a waste of money.. the JTA executive positions should be elected by citizens and have term limits.

gatorback · September 23, 2007, 01:44:53 PM

Detroit: It's not a waste of money if you waste the money! It's a waste of money if you don't waste the money. And don't not think that the JTA doesn't not want to not waste. That's JTA 101. (Did I get it right Ock.?)

Ocklawaha · September 23, 2007, 01:52:13 PM

Right on Friend Gatorback!

Ocklawaha

gatorback · September 23, 2007, 01:55:40 PM

I just want to give the JTA the recognition they deserve. Pronounced "wreck" -cognition.

Ocklawaha · September 23, 2007, 02:14:18 PM

I was in the FTA statistics website last night until about 1 am. Ooooh the Wreck that become apparent in those numbers isn't pretty. Cool stuff like 1.3% of Jax commuters use the bus! Almost as many paddle a canoe to work. Ridership has grown, but not kept pace with Metro Growth which results in a net FALL in ridership. The only real gains have been in quick expansion of routes. In passenger miles or vehicle miles JTA falls so far behind Charlotte, Portland, and other city's that we couldn't find them on radar. Ugly indeed.

Ocklawaha

gatorback · September 23, 2007, 02:28:57 PM

You would have never guessed that by looking at the jta website. I would say how horrible their website is, but I canâ€™t because the site does exactly what the JTA does. Hide in the minutia they create.

avonjax · September 24, 2007, 02:21:45 AM

Although according to the article in the TU last week Ron Barton claims the JTA is only exploring their options for a transit station, it's interesting that this is on the TU website.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority said last week it is considering purchasing private property on Kings Avenue near Prudential Drive with the intent of establishing a possible Bus Rapid Transit station. The Times-Union asked residen
By ANGELA BUSSONE -- The Times-Union (The online article is messed up.)
and under this headline is the following:
WE WANT YOUR OPINION

What do you think about a possible transit station on Kings Avenue? Go to Business Talkback at Jacksonville.com/business to weigh in.

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Hmmm...... I wonder what all this means?