Appendix I Needs Plan Workshops
January 26, 2015
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APPENDIX I NEEDS PLAN WORKSHOP CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Advertisements Press Release Meeting Materials Needs Plan Public Comments Sign in Sheets
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Needs Plan Advertising and Social Media Examples
YOUR OPINION COUNTS
What Transportation Projects Are Needed For The Future? The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization is developing the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan to meet the needs of our diverse and growing region. Should we have more roads, transit options, bike lanes or sidewalks? How should we invest in technology, safety, our port and alternative fuel infrastructure? Let us know by attending our meeting:
Thursday May 15, 2014 5 - 7 p.m. Historic Springfield Community Learning Center 1601 N Main St., 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32206 Hosted by The Honorable Corrine Brown United States House of Representatives Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Marci Larson at (904) 306-7513 or mlarson@northfloridatpo.com at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.
1022 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Ph. 904.306.7513 TDD 904.306.7502 Fax 904.306.7501
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Marci Larson 904-306-7513 © 307-2888
NORTH FLORIDA TPO TO HOST LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN PUBLIC MEETINGS Area Citizens Are Invited to Discuss Needed Transportation Projects How should we invest in transportation for the future? The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (North Florida TPO) wants to gather public input on specific transportation projects needed in the four-county metropolitan area at a series of six public meetings scheduled April 15-28. Every five years, the North Florida TPO revises the area’s transportation plan which has a 20-25 year time horizon and addresses roads, transit, freight, bike and pedestrian needs for our growing region. This year’s update will look at growth projected to the year 2040. The Path Forward 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan will be completed by December. Area citizens and business owners are encouraged to participate in the meetings. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the planning process, review and comment on maps and potential project lists, and “vote” for their preferred category of investment. The final public meetings this fall will focus on funding and prioritizing specific transportation projects to fit within available revenue projections. The ongoing public input and plan update process will conclude with a public hearing to adopt the recommended 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan. Visit www.pathforward2040.com or call 904-306-7500 for more information.
The North Florida TPO is the independent regional transportation planning agency for Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. We lead our region's efforts in planning, funding and mobilizing resources to develop and maintain our transportation system.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
5 – 7 p.m. St. Johns County Tuesday April 15 St. Augustine Commission Chambers Alcazar Room, first floor of City Hall 75 King Street, St. Augustine
Clay County Thursday April 17 Thrasher-Horne Center 283 College Drive, Orange Park
Baker County Tuesday April 22 Baker County Commission Chambers 55 North 3rd Street, Macclenny
Nassau County Wednesday April 23 Nassau County Commission Chambers 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee
Duval County Thursday April 24 FSCJ Deerwood 9911 Old Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville
Putnam County Monday April 28 Putnam County Commission Chambers 2509 Crill Avenue, Palatka
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MEETING MATERIALS
Welcome to the Path Forward 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan public meeting. We need your input in developing a long range transportation plan that reflects our shared vision for the future, considers transportation investment alternatives and allocates scarce funding resources. During the meeting you will have an opportunity to learn about the plan through our video, presentation and stations for each project category. INSTRUCTIONS: You will receive a pouch with 10 tokens to place in tubes representing the type of transportation projects you would like more of in the future. You can place all 10 tokens at one station or divide your chips among multiple stations based on what you think is important. The five categories are: BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT FREIGHT ROAD CAPACITY SAFETY AND TSM&O (TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS)
Please review the information and maps provided at each station. Study team members are available to discuss your needs and answer any questions. The potential projects depicted are based on needs identified during the last long range plan update, as well as numerous studies that included public input. If there are specific needs or projects that you would like to see addressed, please write them on the attached comment form and return the form to the comment box or any staff at the meeting. You may also view the maps and project lists at www.pathforward2040.com and provide comments online.
Goal and Objectives
INVEST IN PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
• Improve travel time reliability on major freight routes • Enhance access to jobs • Maximize the return on investment
INVEST IN LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
• Enhance transit accessibility • Enhance transit ridership • Enhance bicycle and pedestrian quality of service • Reduce cost of congestion per capita • Reduce impact of investment on the natural environment • Reduce emissions from automobiles • Be consistent with land use plans • Promote active transportation • Support regional evacuation
ENHANCE SAFETY
• Reduce crashes • Reduce fatalities
ENHANCE MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY
• Optimize the quantity of travel • Optimize the quality of travel • Improve the accessibility to mode choices • Optimize the utilization of the system
ENHANCE EQUITY IN DECISION MAKING
PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM
• Avoid disproportionately adverse impacts on minority or low- income populations • Ensure fair participation by all affected populations • Prevent the unfair distribution of benefits to minority and low-income populations • Maximize public involvement opportunities
• Meet FDOT and local agency pavement condition goals • Meet the FDOT bridge condition goals • Satisfy FDOT’s off system bridge replacement goals • Meet FTA transit system maintenance requirements • Maintain sidewalks and bikeways
Comments Please circle which county meeting you attended:
St. Johns
Clay
Baker
Nassau
Duval Putnam
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN
TRANSIT
FREIGHT
ROAD CAPACITY
SAFETY AND TSM&O (TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS)
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How did you learn about this meeting? ___ Received an e-mail ___ Radio ___ Newspaper ad ___ TPO or Path Forward 2040 Website ___ Other website ____________________________________________ ___ Other (please explain) ______________________________________
If you would like to be included in our contact list to receive announcements about future meetings, please fill out the information below: Name: ____________________________________________________ E-mail:____________________________________________________ Mailing address if no e-mail: _________________________________________________________
If you would like us to attend your community, business or professional organization to discuss the Path Forward 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan, please share your contact information below: Name: ____________________________________________________ E-mail:____________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________________________________
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Agenda • • • • • •
Who is the North Florida TPO? Long Range Transportation Plan Process Process and schedule How will we grow? What do we want to achieve? Tell us your needs 2
• Independent transportation planning agency • Designated metropolitan planning organization for Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns County – Unified Planning Work Program – Transportation Improvement Program – Long Range Transportation Plan 3
LRTP Process Goals and Objectives
Needs Plan
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Cost Feasible Plan
Schedule • • • • •
Needs Plan Workshops Final Needs Plan Cost Feasible Workshops Draft Cost Feasible Plan Adopt Cost Feasible Plan
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April June September October November
How Will We Grow? Population
2 million
Employment
Residents by 2040
42%
40%
0.9 million Workers by 2040
2010-2040 6
Congestion Average Delay
$316 million
7.6%
Costs of recurring congestion
2010-2012
$526 million
5.0%
Costs of congestion considering Crash effects
Reliability
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Congestion • Major hot spots of delay
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Transit Ridership 20% 45% Travelers reported they would use transit if additional service was available 2007-2012
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Crashes Total Crashes
1,288 / 715
3.0%
Fatal crashes vs. homicides
2005-2010
$5 billion
5.0%
Annual economic loss
Fatalities
10
Crashes • Hot spots for crash severity
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System Preservation Pavement Condition
Improving
1.5%
Paving and bridge repair programs are improving our driving conditions and safety.
2010-2012
0.5% Deficient Bridges 12
Goals and Objectives
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Write specific projects on your comment form
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www.pathforward2040.com
Tell Us Your Priorities
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http://pathforward2040.com/
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Choose Your Path: The Best Transportation Investments? Chamber leadership stresses the importance of investing in the port to our region’s economy while JTA is developing a blueprint for enhanced transit services. Bicycle and pedestrian advocates continue to ask for enhanced access and safety while private companies, like Uber, seek to fill a niche in our market. With needs so extensive and diverse, how can we plan an integrated transportation network that works for everyone? Published December 6, 2013 in Transportation MetroJacksonville.com
Choose Your Path: What are the Best Transportation Investments? Chamber leadership stresses the importance of investing in the port to our region’s economy while JTA is developing a blueprint for enhanced transit services. Bicycle and pedestrian advocates continue to ask for enhanced access and safety while private companies, like Uber, seek to fill a niche in our market. With needs so extensive and diverse, how can we plan an integrated transportation network that works for everyone? That is the challenge for the North Florida TPO in developing the Path Forward 2040 Long Range. So many needs, so little money in comparison. Five years ago, when the 2035 plan was created, over 170 projects costing nearly $12 billion were identified for the Needs Plan. That number was whittled down to 56 projects costing a little over $5 billion for the final Cost Feasible Plan. Typically, only half of needed projects can be funded unless a new revenue source is identified.
Who sets the priorities and decides what’s in and what’s out? In a large part, you do. There’s an easy way to give input right now by playing Choose Your Path the Asset Allocation Game. Identify your priorities. You can add comments, mark specific locations on a map and add new priorities.
Create a budget. Allocate funding across multiple priorities.
Prioritize alternative solutions. There are different ways to address a need, so how would do it?
After you complete all of the steps, you can see how your input compares with others. If you think that participating in online polls or going to public workshops doesn’t make a difference, consider this based on surveys, web and public meeting input, over $700 million in multimodal projects were included in the final 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan. Being in the Plan doesn’t ensure that a project will be completed; however projects are not eligible for any federal funding if they are not included in their area’s official Long Range Transportation Plan. If you have an opinion, it’s time to share it. Choose YOUR path for the future. Editorial by the North Florida TPO www.northfloridatpo.com This article can be found at: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2013decchooseyourpath thebesttransportationinvestments
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NEEDS PLAN PUBLIC COMMENTS
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Bike/Ped
Please provide bicycle paths down Heckscher Drive. There is no place cyclists or walkers to go when traffic gets heavy - many users on weekends (walkers/cyclists).
Bike/Ped
Walkability
Bike/Ped Bike/Ped misc. Road Transit Transit
Retrofit sidewalks into the older neighborhoods on every street inside the I-295 beltway, beginning on the West side of the River. Retrofit sidewalks into the older neighborhoods on every street inside the I-295 beltway, especially west of the river. Integrate transportation infrastructure investment with supportive land use policies. Context sensitive streets Jacksonville really needs to bring back a fixed streetcar line connecting Downtown to Riverside Avondale Investment in light rail/heavy rail and commuter rail is key to TOD and a thriving city.
Transit
Promote mass transit from the Beaches to JTB/I-95. I couldn't commute to work at JTB/Phillips Hwy now in less than 2 hours one way - and that's not realistic.
Transit
Commuter rail.
Transit
Commuter rail.
Transit
Streetcar
Transit
Expand skyway.
Transit
Light Rail
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Transit
Passenger railroad please! Up and down east coast.
Transit
Create light or heavy rail and commuter rail.
Transit
Make better use of the skyway, run it later so people can eat downtown
Safety
Reduce fatal accidents.
Road
Stuck in 1982!!!! Did anyone get memo related to smart growth. Widening roads IS NOT a sign of prosperity, but just the opposite. The region cannot afford to properly maintain current "bloated" transportation infrastructure. So, why does road widening continue to the first solution? This approach is not sustainable or affordable.
misc.
Context sensitive streets
misc.
Context sensitive streets
Road
toll booths and expressways
Transit
I would really enjoy another form of mass transit. I do not ride the bus, but would enjoy a metro-like transportation.
misc.
Improved signage.
Road
Relocalizing the Main Street Bridget.
Safety
Safety for our pedestrians, bicyclists, children! Keep vehicle traffic under control. Stricter speed limits for areas used by those listed above.
Bike/Ped
Bike lanes and sidewalks
Transit
Begin build out of Commuter Rail Now FY2014!!
Safety
Safety. My husband was killed at a construction site because his lane suddenly shifted left with only one small sign - no cones, no flashing lights. Just a concrete barrier in the middle of his lane.
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Transit
Transit
Infrastructure improvements that improve the walkability and bikability and public transit of neighborhoods in the urban centers. They skyway would be more valuable if it connected people's homes with the places they want to go. It needs to be expanded or abandoned. Streetcar Gateway-Springfield-Downtown-5 Points-Riverside-Avondale-FairfaxRoosevelt Plaza, Skyway expansion North, South, East
Transit
Light Rail
Transit
Street car
Road
Observing our economic and atmospheric climate reveals the need for the encouragement of street trees and community gardens. These together stimulate and resurrect older commercial corridors in communities not aging gracefully. Road diets! Curb extensions, bulb outs/bump outs, pedestrian refuge. All of the above before business killing medians.
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Transit
Restoring east-west rail service (similar to Amtrak's Sunset Limited) in Florida and pushing high-speed rail throughout the state to make it easier for people and products to connect with our region. Supporting a viable rail solution for longdistance travel in addition to local commuting will assist further with interstate congestion.
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Transit
Rail. Light/Heavy Rail and Commuter Rail is vital.
Transit
Find a way to coordinate with the future development plans for downtown, and create satellite parking that is accessible via the skyway. Than make the skyway run until 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday, so residents and tourists can USE the downtown and not have to clog the bridges and limited parking downtown.
Transit
In a town like St. Augustine or any town adjacent to water, would look into water taxis and small ferries for pedestrians and bicycles.
Transit
Port and commuter train.
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Safety
For safety, I would recommend first a speed limit reduction on surface streets. Autos traveling 45 MPH or more will almost always kill a vulnerable road user in a crash. 35 MPH would be a good hard maximum for all urban surface streets.
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Transit
I wouldn't focus on new mode nor new routes. The major deficiency with our transit service is its service - poor frequency, spans, takes too long. Lots of other places that effectively with any/every mode.
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Transit
I telecommute/work remotely.
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Transit
Would use mass transit if better frequency and duration, more reliable, safer. Would use bike if physically separated with barriers or distance from cars.
Transit
It would take 3 buses, and 3 fares, each way to get to work. Not viable.
Transit
Retired, no commute.
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Transit
I'm not too far from work, but mostly drive and occasionally bike in. Would definitely use mass transit option if it was available with short headways and minimal transfers.
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Transit
Build commuter rail now FY2014.
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Bike/Ped
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Transit
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Transit
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misc.
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Bike/Ped
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I would ride my bike to work more often if it were safer. I don't ride in the winter because the streets are too dark. It's hazardous enough in the summer. More train transit, then more bus transit, less road widening/construction. We cannot widen our way out of gridlock. I won't use public transport to go to work but I would definitely like more opportunities to leave my cars at home. We would both prefer bus/rail to driving anytime Retired. More housing options near major employment centers. Better non-motorized access in areas of big box development to serve employees of these retailers.
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Bike/Ped
We are only as strong as our weakest links, and must provide clean green mobility options for all walks of life and embrace the future. Sidewalks and shade trees may sound like an oversimplification but they work and outlive us all.
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Bike/Ped
I'd gladly commute by bike and public transit if we could retrofit bridges with pedestrian/bike lanes and improve and expand public transit times.
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Transit
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Road
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Transit Safety
Transit
We feel Passenger Railroad service - Jax to Miami would assist in alleviating many other issues. Thousands of people would use daily. Poor flow from interchanges from Butler Blvd at Gate Pkwy and I-295/9A cause gridlock that halts local traffic flow around the St. Johns Town Center as well. Congestion is similarly bad in the Deerwood Park South office area due to limited ingress and egress options from the area. Professional office at home. I wish I could take a bus from St. Augustine to the University of North Florida for school. Comprehensive planning should access condition of current roadways and bridges as well as congestion/safety issues that exist. Building roads will not make traffic easier. Creating better and easier public transpiration will. Also, increasing bike lanes and encouraging folks to use both public transportation and bikes will. Need more progressive thinkers that make executive decisions.
Transit
I work from home but typically travel in 5 o'clock traffic.
Bike/Ped
Would be great if there was a safer bike or walking route
Transit misc. Bike/Ped
Would use transit if service was better. I am retired. Make at least 1/2 of the bridges leading to core of city of Jacksonville accessible to peds/bikes. People are currently trying to use them, but at great risk
Duval Public Workshop
Transit
Duval Public Workshop
Road
Duval Public Workshop
Safety
Duval Public Workshop
TSM&O
Duval Public Workshop
Bike/Ped
Duval Public Workshop
Road
Duval Public Workshop
Transit
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Bike/Ped Transit Freight Road Safety/TSM&O Bike/Ped
Duval Public Workshop
Transit
Improve bus stop locations and amenities. Educate and train drivers on traffic laws for all users. Prioritize ped safety and access to and from stops and major land use generators. Make the transit experience enjoyable, efficient and reliable! Reduce numbers of median openings that allow for left turns, control turns at signaled intersections. Better control access management. Make most vulnerable users a priority, particularly on state highways in the city core. Use technology that can change signal if speeding is detected. Blanding between Wilson & FSCT Kent Campus needs to be more bike and pedestrian friendly with necessary safety improvements. While Riverside-Avondale is a wonderful place to call home, the area immediate S/W needs cost effective traffic buffering/calming. Blanding Northbound becomes Park Street to Brooklyn and Lee Street at the Prime Osborne. San Juan Eastbound effectively becomes Ortega Blvd. N. & E. of the Lakeshore Blvd., the curb-width could be a blessing vs. a curse. A cost effective restriping could gradually modify motorists' behavior and mitigate the long standing, neglected or ignored shock to the system as these roads suddenly narrow once east of U.S. 17. Can the speed limit please be reduced to a max of 35 MPH on both Blanding and San Juan North and East of the Cedar River/Creek bridges? The replacement of both the Matthews and Hart bridges should include transit (light rail) Bike and pedestrian - most important Very important to people working a significant distance from home Important for jobs and the market Very important for our growth. Very, very important with all the expected growth. Bike improvements that serve the East Coast greenway near the ferry Ferry improvements! Including ferry skip replacement, relocation of ferry offices/restrooms, dry-dock of ferry and ferry landing site improvements (short and long term).
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Transit
St. Augustine must have a no car downtown. There need to be parking lots outside the city with shuttle bus service around the downtown area. Residential areas need resident parking stickers and visitor parking stickers, like Philadelphia. Need more public transportation in City of St. Augustine: Shuttles, trolleys, buses. Need to keep auto traffic off of narrow historic streets unless you live on that street. Create a West King Street exit on 95 with offsite parking and transit into St. Augustine.
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Transit
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Transit
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Bike/Ped
Please complete greenway path.
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Bike/Ped
This is great, but assuring more safety among so many cars and travelers needs to be included in planning for more people to consider riding bicycles regularly.
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Transit
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
misc.
Lincolnville Meeting - St. Augustine
Transit
Nassau County Public Workshop
Bike/Ped
Nassau County Public Workshop
Freight
Nassau County Public Workshop
Road Capacity
Nassau County Public Workshop
TSM&O
Nassau County Public Workshop
Bike/Ped
Helps reduce fossil fuel use. I am particularly supportive of alternative fuels. I live at 6 feet above sea level in old St. Augustine. Planning for 2040 with climate change occurring at rates higher than the worst case scenarios, means that reducing greenhouse gas emissions needs to be a top priority. Inner city water taxi and more use of navigable waterways. Bicycle/pedestrian lanes on paths should not run contiguous to the vehicle traffic lanes. All new and replacement traffic signals should include the countdown clock on the walk signal. This is beneficial to vehicular traffic in knowing when the light will change. Enhance commercial vehicle safety enforcement (vehicle safety equipment and traffic enforcement.) Do not add capacity. Make the current capacity more efficient. Make traffic cameras accessible to the public in real time both online and on smart phones. Lobby the legislature to require video recording of each camera. Manage cost by limiting recording retention to 30 days. A priority for AI/FB/Y. Drives tourism and business. Improves quality of life.
Nassau County Public Workshop
Transit
Commuter light rail. Much better than widening lanes. Support Mayport ferry.
Nassau County Public Workshop
Freight
Developing rail and other alternatives preferable to continually widening lanes.
Nassau County Public Workshop
Safety
Nassau County Public Workshop
Bike/Ped
More education on bike/motorcycle safety needed. More commitment from Nassau County on bike paths/lanes/trails on west side of county. For example, Old Dixie Highway widening project has no such lanes or shoulders despite being on the trail plan.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Bike/Ped
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Monroe Highway (St. Johns River) Palatka is deep water could handle medium ships for repair. We have working waterfronts and welding school intact now.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Freight
Putnam County has a port next to Rail and airport.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Road
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Putnam County Public Workshop
Road
Putnam County Public Workshop
Freight
Barge Port improvements and expansion with improved road and rail access.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Freight
Shands bridge expansion height.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Road
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Well underway
Got to Finish 17 and 20. Raising of Shands Bridget span for barge vessel passage south to Putnam shipyards for repairs or construction. Construction of Hwy 20 west and 17 South four lane project
Hwy 20; Hwy 17; Hwy 100 Need a shorter schedule for the Palatka area. We have to wait 1 or 2 hours to get back home on the public bus. One bus that runs from a point to South. Two buses that run from a point to north as an example. Crescent City , it is isolated by transportation availability. Many college students are dependent on others to come to study. If the government is not able, how about private transportation!
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
The bridge on 16 in Clay County needs to be raised so we can get more river traffic.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Roads
Maintain roads.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Transit system needs to be improved. A rail system from St. Mary to Palatka or from Jacksonville to Palatka.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Convenient and affordable bus transportation for local and surrounding areas. Transportation for wheelchair and stretchers. Transportation for the disabled and special needs. Rail service, airport closer to Putnam county.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Bike/Ped
Putnam County Public Workshop
Road
Adequate roads and bridges (another) from one side of the St. Johns to the other, going North and South. Better connection (road) going from East and West.
Putnam County Public Workshop
misc.
North Florida pool to
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Improved coordination of transport between metro areas and Putnam County.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Improve travel from Palatka to Southern and Northern communities. Improved connection between Putnam County/Jacksonville/Tampa/Orlando.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
I feel that transportation is needed badly in the Putnam County area. Many people do have a serious need to have transportation that is reliable and available. Greyhound Bus service needed.
Putnam County Public Workshop
misc.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Putnam County Public Workshop
misc.
Sidewalks on all main roads we well as bike paths
North Plan for the future would be some mode of transportation that would be exciting for him with a possibility for employment in that field. More rail or whatever the future might bring. Right now people need more access to city where some of the agencies have moved to. Thank you for your presentation. We net money. Boat come to Palatka.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Road
Beat Road!
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Putnam County Public Workshop
misc.
More money.
Putnam County Public Workshop
Roads
Better roads
Putnam County Public Workshop
Transit
Better bus
River Region Community Review
Transit
Light Rail
River Region Community Review
Bike/Ped
This will be my 3rd priority.
River Region Community Review
Transit
This will be my 2nd priority.
River Region Community Review
Freight
This will be my last priority
River Region Community Review
Road Capacity
This will be my 1st priority.
River Region Community Review
Safety/TSM&O
This will be my 4th priority.
River Region Community Review
Bike/Ped
River Region Community Review
Transit
River Region Community Review
Bike/Ped
River Region Community Review
Transit
River Region Community Review
Road Capacity
We need more accessibility for citizen traveling in the regional area. More planning and involving the smaller area to be incorporated into the cities outside our area.
Specific bike an bus lanes. Walking paths (side walks) The bus needs an image overhaul. Many people in the community see the bus as only for "second class" citizens. People are also afraid to ride the bus. More frequent schedules and reliability. Certain travel hours at night. Certain routes (lighted) at night. A lot of stops doesn't have seating. Time management. Road construction - early morning or late evening.
More public transportation going into neighborhoods that are not receiving these services, also a subway transit for Jax.
SHADCO Safety Fair
Transit
SHADCO Safety Fair
Bike/Ped
SHADCO Safety Fair
Misc.
SHADCO Safety Fair
Bike/Ped
SHADCO Safety Fair
Bike/Ped
SHADCO Safety Fair
Transit
Firing coir. (sp?) Need better sidewalks and crosswalk on Springfield Road (next to Brentwood Elementary). Too many cars being stopped because of school's buses/car riders/daycare vans trying to pick up students. Educate pedestrians and motorists regarding community safety. Better bikers safety. Sidewalks for bikers. We need a transit connection in Yulee.
SHADCO Safety Fair
Transit
Skyway should be on the Northside. Northside five should come every 10 minutes.
SHADCO Safety Fair
Transit
The city should think about having transportation (skyway) that goes throughout the city.
SHADCO Safety Fair
Transit
The community needs the rail system for transportation around the town.
SHADCO Safety Fair SHADCO Safety Fair SHADCO Safety Fair
Road Transit Transit
Repair maintenance of roads. Transportation of elderly. Cars that fly and all cars that need gas do not need them anymore.
SHADCO Safety Fair
Transit
Approve the bus line to reach more disabled people who can't get around the city to go to doctor appointments. More bus stops to reach everyone.
Springfield
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See drawing (attached) on where a flyover is needed (Golfair Ramp, MLK)
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Designated bike/ped lanes to make connections from neighborhoods and downtown (San Marco/Riverside/Avondale/Springfield/Eastside)
Need to have more bike lanes and paths on the Northside. More info put out to the community about the ones we have and add lighting to make them safer.
MLK, Lem Turner & I-95, MLK Moncrieff & Myrtle Ave, MLK East to North I-95, MLK West to I-95 North Lem Turner and I-95 there are pedestrian accidents. Moncrieff and Myrtle, there are ped accidents.
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Trolley or other service that runs every 15 minutes from central location of Main Street to Downtown (Springfield to Downtown). Benches/covers at bus stops.
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Get more trucks off road. Require route around city on 295 if no business in city center.
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Maintain and retrofit existing roads to meet current needs. Include signal/smart landscape, pedestrian notification (flashing lights), marked pedestrian path.
Springfield
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No public restroom at the Rosa Parks Station. Have seen pedestrians use the restroom outside.
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Mobile friendly schedules are needed. Currently, it can take 15 minutes before getting a response when checking bus schedule while on the bus (or off bus) en route. Better care of the bus stops and surroundings - trash, trees blocking view of stops so drivers can't see passengers. Skyway expansion is needed.
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Crashes State and Union. Corrine Brown office. Multi-day accidents. Building crash. Possible fatalities.
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It is very disappointing to me and to many of our citizens that we do not have ultrahigh-speed rail. We should not allow a few politicians and special interests stop us from having "bullet trains" between all of our major cities. A bullet train (180 mph or faster) between Atlanta and Jacksonville, between Jacksonville and Orlando and Tampa and between Orlando and Miami is needed and even deserved by the citizens of Florida. Any politician in the way should be voted out of office. Any special interest against this should be boycotted.
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Expansion needed - more connections for commuters. Go Jax! More jobs! We need more major east-west arteries. I like the electronic billboards - useful for planning alternate routes. Accidents at Ocean and State/Union streets. Congressional office. Need separate bus facilities in St. August. CR210 Sidewalks Water taxi for bike/ped Bike racks on San Marco Avenue
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San Marco - don't let bike lanes take away on-street parking. Cars and bikes can't live together. Need more water-based infrastructure. Need more rail.
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There does not seem to be an overall picture of how the large developments impact the number of cars on the highways without consideration of alternative modes of transportation. We need more parking areas with shuttle buses to reduce the number of cars on the road. Need to find way to reduce number of cars in St. Augustine - Shuttle buses? Are the new developments helping to pay for the upkeep of highways and bridges?
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Must provide better bike lanes/sidewalks. Biking on U.S. 1, King Street, San Marco is dangerous. Bikes and people are sharing sidewalks - make them wider.
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I would like to see trolleys that move people into and around downtown. Parking garages on the outskirts and frequent shuttles into town.
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Safe wide walkway and water taxis - louge
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Quiet road and rail access and exiting key stops
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Teach us more about TSM&O
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Have water taxis that provide for pedestrians and bicyclists only (no cars or motorcycles) into St. Augustine. Provide the boats and shelter areas. Ban bikes on Lions Bridge - too dangerous. "Boat" line around the city - loop in trains
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Downtown St. Augustine is at capacity. Encourage residents to bike, walk, use trolleys. Eliminate visitor cars from the center of town. Critical need for safe and scenic walkways and bicycle paths.
Keep industries light.
St. Johns County Public Workshop
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Trains to Orlando and Jacksonville or at least tell Thrasher try again. Air - Short hop trips to Jacksonville and other small airports - small cheap planes. Use Google type busses in PR and Burlington area. Hydna fail to downtown Jacksonville through GTM to St. Johns.
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Use drones for freight transportation to reduce truck traffic.
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Too many cars already. Too many trucks. We must not use more (trains, boats, drones). Explore water taxis - extensive network - comprehensive and coordinated with other public transportation.
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A long-term plan for continuous sidewalks throughout. Benefits of walkable communities are multi-fold and environmentally responsible. I can only comment on a small, focused areas in need of sidewalks, but, because I live there I can report that sidewalks to connect the "missing links" along CR 210 in Ponte Vedra Beach are needed. With about one mile of linear footage needed, their installation would allow safer passage for bicyclists and pedestrians on a constrained roadway that connects three public schools and countless community services in Ponte Vedra Beach. Sidewalks along this corridor are intermittent, yet they encourage passage, which is dangerous in the areas where the gaps exist. Additionally, sidewalks along the length of A1A would be beneficial.
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Increased sharrows on state roads connected bicycle paths and systems.
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Park and ride at outlet mall and near rail station. Shuttle for visitors at beach and City of St. Augustine. Water-based transportation in Matanzas River and Vilano Beach. Passenger Rail. Commuter Rail. Intersection improvements at May/San Marco/U.S. 1. King Street improvements/drainage roadway new street lighting, underground utilities, landscaping that are "context sensitive" Bike and ped trails need to link to provide cycling and hiking tourism development as well as health benefits to residents.
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Must provide regional transit options to move people into and around St. Johns county, especially between historic St. Augustine and the Beaches. All that can be done to advocate these is time and money well spent
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FDOT is pushing and moving forward to bring about construction of "proposed SR313." This is misguided. The roadway is not needed, it is costly and it will not solve the problem it is supposed to address. Billed as a "US 1 Bypass" to relieve congestion on US1, the proposed alignment is ill-advised and misguided. This project should be scrapped and the money saved to be spent on more worthwhile projects.
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The Bridge of Lions remains a problem. Bikes should not be on the pedestrian path. The width of the path on the middle section of the bridge is too small. Signage might help to keep the cars and bikes separate. Water taxis might be useful. Or bikes might have a separate chance to cross (every 10-15 minutes?). Also the edges of the paths (like the Dixie highway) could be smoothed to make bikes safer.
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Rail transport to the airport is surely necessary. But it must be fast and it must come every 15 minutes (maybe 30). Otherwise people will turn to cars again.
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Increasing road capacity is loved by FDOT, but it doesn't help congestion at all ( watch 9B 295), and everyone has known this for decades. Try to stop it.
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9B needs to get done -2209 needs to get built to SR 16 only much of Pacalti Rd and International Golf Parkway are already 4 lane. Pacalti could tie in with 305.
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Bikes and pedestrians should be much better incorporated within the city plans for both safety and public health.
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Hard to design good bike paths because of visibility problems - nobody has done anything with safe proposal in St. Aug South. St. Augustine needs rail and bus service - road improvements are largely impossible. Okay
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We need to connect our neighborhoods desperately Less investment in vehicular traffic and roadways
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A disjointed streetcar system is DOA. The system MUST be anchored downtown.
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Taking BRT all the way to St. Augustine is simply, apocalyptic in view of the adjacent FEC RY and the likelihood of All Aboard Florida.
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The 'S' line and the F&J below Springfield yard are ignored.
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Lem Turner BRT should terminate at the Airport via the Free Trade Zone.
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No BRT on the Arlington Expressway is missing our easiest chance for a median based, internationally ranked Silver Level system. The 2035 LRTP cost feasible transit projects need to be included in the 2040 needs plan.
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Not really sure where the modifications to the streetcar and BRT lines came from. Nevertheless, both aren't ideal for either mode (BRT or streetcar).
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I really like the idea of the commuter rails going out to Yulee and areas like that.
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It is with great disappointment that I read that true street car has been removed from the transportation plan. I wonder why a proven way of promoting development and improving the public transportation experience is being left out of the current plans. I would hope that common sense will return and street car as well as the other well thought out programs will be reinstated.
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The JTA is making a major error on its decision to leave the ASE closed on the weekends. This could build more ridership. It was not available for the Jazz Festival. This hurts ridership. The ASE should be expanded to include these areas: San Marco and Phillips Highway. It would from Kings road to Hendricks and then at San Marco and Atlantic turn east with a San Marco Square Station on the same as the planned Publix and apartments. His is called a TOD or transit oriented development. It would then go along Atlantic to Phillips with an end station where the old Parrish Volvo was located with park-n-ride. Riverside Avenue from the planned station at Sawyer Center serving the Pope and Land Property, south with
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weekends. This could build more ridership. It was not available for the Jazz Festival. This hurts ridership. The ASE should be expanded to include these areas: San Marco and Phillips Highway. It would from Kings road to Hendricks and then at San Marco and Atlantic turn east with a San Marco Square Station on the same as the planned Publix and apartments. His is called a TOD or transit oriented development. It would then go along Atlantic to Phillips with an end station where the old Parrish Volvo was located with park-n-ride. Riverside Avenue from the planned station at Sawyer Center serving the Pope and Land Property, south with stations on the Florida Blue parking lot next to the Old Fire Station Number 5 and then a station near LPS serving the Arts market and the Cummer Museum. Both I went to the NFTPO meeting in Springfield a few weeks ago, and I was absolutely floored by the lack of consideration for pedestrian and bike transportation. Please put much more focus on pedestrian and bike infrastructure. Our future of auto dependency will not be what it is today. This is the plan for 2040, think ahead. Additionally, please include streetcar level planning for downtown Jacksonville and surrounding neighborhoods (riverside, avondale, san marco, springfield). The community already spoke and our voices overwhelmingly support the 2030 Mobility plan streetcar level plans. Please include them, and all 2030 mobility plan projects in the 2040 LRTP. I think that Jacksonville needs a commuter rail service from the surrounding communities into downtown and the airport. Jacksonville is so spread out that it makes sense to have a commuter rail system to tie the airport, downtown and surrounding communities together. I have been in too many 20-mile commutes between St Johns County and downtown Jacksonville that have ended up taking hours to get to my destination due to a single accident that blocks a lane of traffic. The feeder roads then become over-populated and bring the majority 路 Bus service for Jacksonville connections to Ponte Vedra Beach (workers and visitors) 路 Bus service connecting St. Johns (Fruit Cove/Julington Ck) and Nocatee/Ponte Vedra with Ponte Vedra Beach 路 Park and Ride lots at BRT stations (lease under-utilized space at shopping centers?) 路 On maps, are commuter rail prospects buried behind BRT lines? Consider showing lines on same corridor as abutting/different color lines, like one sees on subway network maps. e.g. http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html
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· Feature on map multi-modal transit center downtown JAX, with Amtrak interconnection · Strengthen visibility and deepen consideration of transit as an alternative to more personal car travel · Add light-rail/BRT/express bus connectors in some utility T&D corridor segments · Priority intersections—need more identified, especially re pedestrian needs, and more emphasis on this issue—it’s a cultural/behavioral problem as well as an engineering problem. We have poor statistics re Ped/Bike safety in our state (as you know, I’m sure). · Coordinate/emphasize safety priorities more with BRT and other transit considerations · SR 302 and US 1—new alignment for Nocatee/bridge over US 1 not reflected · Connect Baymeadows end of FG&T to Southside & US 1 (consider putting a path in conservation lands along west side of I-295 East Beltway) · Add pedestrian focus area in Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach
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· GTMNERR parking/pedestrian crossing on A1A south of PVB will face rising pressure—please evidence the issue · Consider a scenic bike/ped. trail in 12-Mile Swamp, e.g. connect World Golf Village with SR 13 & SR 16. · Need more bike/ped facilities in northwest Jacksonville—looks deficient in an area of likely major need · Connect Normandy or Old Middleburg to Jennings State Forest with a bike facility · Consider developing bike and pedestrian facilities in Electric/Gas Transmission & Distribution line corridors. · Where is consideration of the issue of early “failing” roads? E.g. I-295 East Beltway regularly is congested/jammed north and south of SR 202/Butler Blvd, yet it is a young highway. · Toll express lanes are the current vogue—but they’re not shown as a pending part of the infrastructure. Consider adding them to the maps.
· Conservation lands should be respected and not blithely bisected for new roads. Avoidance should be the principal road alignment strategy. e-mail comment
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· Palm Valley Rd along the NW/N side of GTMNERR is shown as a capacity need. The present right-of-way is narrow—expanding this facility will intrude likely into or loom over the Reserve—substantial mitigation should be planned and evidenced in these plans for unavoidable losses of conservation/wet lands, where intrusion cannot be avoided. Is the potential demand for 4-laning this road truly evidenced and present? · All maps should show authorized/pending/work-in-progress projects. · Provision of well-designed wildlife underpasses should be part of any road construction through customarily wild corridors · All port-related facilities needs should be identified and collectively represented in a separate map, so the whole set of infrastructure planned to support the investment in dredging being considered by the community can be seen as a whole. I am project coordinator for a local non-profit, Groundwork Jacksonville. Seeing that the Hogans Creek Greenway comes to fruition is a high priority to our group. 1) create the JRTC at the Prime Osborn and return Amtrak to it. Make it into a world-class facility. ****** high priority****** 2) extend the skyway, either elevated or at ground to: a) the stadium area, shipyards and Metro park b) riverside c) San Marco d) other areas as needed 3) establish commuter rail lines 4) create dedicated bike paths 5) improve sidewalks and pedestrian safety 6) streetcars where practical 7) establish a true BRT The idea of running the skyway from Downtown up Pearl Street to UF Health is ridiculous.
The neighborhood is the Springfield HISTORIC DISTRICT, a federally and local designated protected district which would, I can guarantee you, become outraged if they knew that such a plan existed. There was a conflicting meeting where 50+ residents were at the evening of the 5/15 so I can only assume no one attended your meeting. e-mail comment
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Street car has been the plan for this neighborhood for year and it's still the best plan. An certainly not on Pearl Street, which is 99% residential from Downtown to UF Health, but Main Street, as originally planned, is the better avenue. The commercial roads of Main Street and 8th Street should be the avenues considered for street car, and the sky way should not be considered AT ALL. Also the commuter rail line seems to have shifted from the "S Line" which leaves out large areas that are ripe for redevelopment and infill, which commuter rail often shares a symbiotic relationship with. Again, as orgoally planned, I think the S Line is a better route with much higher long term potential. Why the drastic changes from the 2030 Mobility Plan and 2035 LRTP Cost Feasible Plan is anyone's guess. As I understand it, these were designed with significant input from residents. What is recommended now threw a great deal of that away.
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Regarding recommendations for the Historic Springfield area, if either a skyway extension or BRT are planned they should not use Pearl St which is residential on both sides with some smattering of business north of 8th. The reasons this is bad are far too many to mention in a brief email. The more appropriate street for the area would be Jefferson but if it must be in the Historic boundaries then use Broad to Boulevard and keep it along the park side not the residential building side. Well, what do I want for our city? I would like to see the following: 1.) A useful intermodal transportation center that allows Amtrak to return to its old terminal facility. We have had 40 years of the Amtrak station on Clifford Lane and, in my opinion, it is too isolated to do any real good for passenger rail in our city. 2.) Commuter rail.
Please add streetcars, particularly in Riverside/Avondale, Springfield, and San Marco, back to the plan. The Riverside night "trolley" service in particular evidences both the need and desire for such services in these areas, and would provide what would seemingly be a more cost effective way to connect these neighborhoods to downtown rather than extending the Skyway. While I would love to see the Skyway system extended, finding viable routes and funding for an above grade track seems nightmarish. Outside of extending it west into Brooklyn, perhaps deeper into San Marco and/or to the stadium area if possible, it would compete rather than complement the other transit options.
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Additionally, beyond the pure utility of it, having more fake (buses decorated to look like) trolleys is not anything I can see getting excited about. It also does not show any real investment, since the service could end at any time without any visual reminder. The flexibility of such a system does not lend towards transit oriented development (or renovation) either. Usage of S-Line through Springfield- but not as it was with the 2035 plan, but with LRT or Streetcars The S-Line as used for commuter rail in the 2035 plan would be great for developing the areas it runs through but would not lead to fast moving trains. Instead, Light Rail or perhaps extended streetcars would be a better use, which would still allow for the improvement and development possibilities the community was excited about. If anything should be cut from this plan, let it be BRT The proposed BRT lines run parallel to existing rail infrastructure, or through areas that need something spicier than dedicated bus lanes to spark redevelopment. It seems expensive and wasteful, and not at all sexy or desired. Additionally, if it can't be helped, at least have the Arlington line go to the beach.
Frankly, many of the projects in the proposed plan replaced much more viable transportation alternatives that previously existed in the 2035 North Florida TPO LRTP and 2030 Mobility Plan adopted by the City of Jacksonville, born from various community visions of Jacksonville's future mobility needs. On the surface, it appears as though that some might want to fill the 2040 LRTP with projects they know would fail multiple feasibility and cost-benefit tests to instead stack the deck favoring other peripheral roadway projects that do not align with the wants and needs of the community. For instance, replacing the Riverside streetcar detailed in the 2035 LRTP with a Skyway extension to Five Points would surely fail every conceivable feasibility study while the previous streetcar system would likely prove to be very beneficial to the redevelopment of the area. Furthermore, a streetcar line going through Avondale en route to Fairfax would be strongly opposed by neighborhood residents. It seems as though this proposed list was designed to fail. e-mail comment
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These omissions and subsequent replacements are deeply concerning, especially given that they do not align with the award-winning and community-drive 2030 Mobility Plan adopted by the City of Jacksonville. I optimistically hope that these omissions and corresponding replacement projects were simply misunderstood when the suggested 2040 LRTP was introduced. With that said, it seems that all of these projects should be kept within the plan as well as adding additional projects. This way, they all have the opportunity to be studied in greater detail for inclusion into the official 2040 Cost Feasible Plan. With that said, I would STRONGLY encourage that all projects identified in the 2030 Mobility Plan and the bicycle, pedestrian and transit projects previously identified in the 2035 LRTP Cost Feasible Plan ALL be inserted into the 2040 LRTP. I also feel it is necessary to include both a commuter rail and light rail project utilizing the S Line Greenway into the 2040 LRTP. This would allow multiple rail modes and corridors to be judged equally against the proposed commuter rail corridor utilizing existing CSX rail lines currently proposed in the draft version of the 2040 LRTP.
I live in Springfield, just north of downtown Jacksonville, and am alarmed that the street car transit option has been replaced with a skyway transit option, for a number of reasons. 1. There are countless studies showing that street level transit stimulates economic development better than off ground transit. Springfield is a neighborhood in transition, and enthusastically supports street car. I am willing to wager that my neighbors wouldn't enthusiastically support skyway extention, and may instead oppose it all together. We want street car! e-mail comment
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2. Main Street has always been the main, forgive the pun, transit corridor of the community and it should continue to be so. Having raised transit like the skyway travel up a residential street like Pearl Street just doesn't make sense. Main Street, Jefferson Street, and Eighth Streets are the three significant corridors in the community and they should continue to be so. Not to mention the horror Pearl Street property owners would when they saw a skyway system being built along their front yards. I'm sure you can imagine that planning something so impactful like that should require significant residential communication and consensus gathering. Why was the streetcar network that was in the 2030 Mobility Plan and the 2035 LRTP Cost Feasibility Plan eliminated? Not only is a streetcar system more cost effective than the Skyway, they are tourist attractions. Check with San Francisco. In addition, public input was in favor of the streetcar system. A streetcar system running to the Historic Districts of Springfield, San Marco and Riverside will be a real tourist draw, as well as excellent, cost effective transportation around the urban core. It will generate tourism dollars from people riding the streetcar and shopping in the stores and inns that will inevitably develop along the routes. The streetcar system is more economically feasible, and makes more sense in every way. Street level light rail passes the feasibility and costs tests. The elevated Skyway does not.
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Two additional Skyway points. 1) The Skyway downtown is an eyesore. It isn’t pressure washed or painted as needed, and the concrete is filthy. 2) It appears the Skyway extension to Springfield may run down Pearl Street. Is that true? This would destroy an entire street in the National Register Historic District of Springfield, and destroy property values all along the route if it's true. Since you will have a BRT running down Jefferson 2 blocks west, this is not only redundant, but a real waste of taxpayer money to have two systems running the same route and competing for riders. The commuter rail line has been changed from the S-line to existing CSX track. While this can be more cost effective to build than restoring the S-line, areas ideal for infill and redevelopment along the S-line (Durkeeville, Myrtle Avenue, New Springfield and the Springfield Warehouse District) would be bypassed with this plan. From an urban core revitalization standpoint, it makes sense to restore the Sline as planned prior. I hate to feel cynical, but it feels like this new plan will be too expensive to implement, won't get funded, and therefore the money will be spent on more roads to feed urban sprawl instead of meeting mass transit needs. We need to remember that one of the main issues in the Jacksonville 2025 survey was the need for a vibrant downtown. To have that, we need a good mass transit system in and to/from the downtown area.
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The streetcar system should be put back into the plan, the elevated Skyway removed, and the S-line restored. The plan was a good one. It should not be changed in this way. Extend the Skyway to Everbank Field, San Marco, and the new development on Riverside Avenue. Improve the bicycle network/paths in and around downtown connecting Springfield with Riverside. Build a streetcar system connecting Springfield with 5 Points in Riverside by going through downtown. Invest in commuter or lite rail.
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- SkyWay on connect Downtown to the UF Health medical facilities via Pearl Street. The SkyWay is simply inappropriate in design and scale for the neighborhood, as it would damage the historic fabric and aesthetic of the community, while neglecting to engage street level commercial or pedestrians. Street car is more appropriate, and actually quite desired by the community. In addition, while Pearl Street may be technically viable for street car, the commercial roads of Main Street and 8th Street are the preferred transit routes by the community. Pearl Street is largely residential and quality-of-life may be damaged by fixed transit, while Main Street and/or 8th Street would directly benefit from fixed rail transit. Both are commercial corridors that we are working to revitalize. - Using CSX rail lines for commuter rail rather than the S-Line, neglecting the areas and neighborhoods along the S-Line poised for redevelopment and reinvestment, such as the Springfield Warehouse district or the a fore mentioned area around the UF Health facilities. Please note that street car has been a major priority of this community for years, and we expect it to be moving forward as well.
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I personally live on Pearl street and cannot see how running a giant concrete elevated Skyway down my street would any way contribute to the Springfield neighborhood. I would get a concrete pole instead of a parking spot and view not of the historic neighborhood I love so much but of strangers passing by on level with my bedroom window. The Skyway would not even stop near me? If there really are plans to extend the Skyway to UF Health, then I would think that Broad or Jefferson streets are the better choices as they are not in the heart of a residential area. What Springfield needs is more light and quick transportation to areas such as Riverside, the Landing, and the Downtown Core. Jacksonville as a whole needs faster more reliable transportation. I have in the past looked at using public transportation for my commute, but it isn't practical. for me to leave Springfield and travel to Gate Parkway would require too much time and too much effort. This would not even include trying to drop off my child for school first. In a metropolitan area the size of Jacksonville it should not take all day to get from one side of town to the other. It should include more regular use of the lots like the one at the end I JTB to get people downtown for events. Also should have shuttle service from mandarin and the beaches for nights so more people will visit after hours and not have to worry about driving home from downtown drunk. 5 Points Skyway stop is unfeasible. Streetcar, please *Especially given that, the Riverside streetcar format should be brought more in line with the Mobility Plan. *I support the Skyway extentions to Atlantic Boulevard and the Stadium District. Forest Street could probably be incorporated to the Streetcar plan. *Similarly, the Springfield Skyway extension would be great, but could probably be just as well as a cheaper streetcar project (which was, of course, in the Mobility Plan). *Are they really saying there will be streetcar in San Marco in addition to the Skyway extension? Why?
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*I would prefer to see the S-line rail project kept, given that it was created through community input, whereas the justification for the change is unclear. The lack of bicycle infrastructure is ridiculous. how can they talk about bike share on one hand yet we still have the third most dangerous streets in the country for bike and pedestrians? Spoke with Drew DeCandis, Clay Clouncil on Aging. Their main focus is coordinating transit with JTA. I'm highly concerned that several of the "replacement" transit ideas won't pass the technical sniff test and that they end up not making the Cost Feasible Plan. For example, how do you get the Skyway under I-95 and to Five Points? If the streetcar already in the COJ Mobility Plan and 2035 LRTP's Cost Feasible Plan is at least three times cheaper to implement and integrates into the context much better, why change to something riskier? Especially without public input?
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Same goes for extending the Skyway to UF Health. Great idea in 1975 when the original Skyway planning process was underway. Since BRT is a go down Jefferson/Broad with a stop at UF Health, extending the Skyway parallel a block or two away doesn't really achieve much. We'd just have too systems that will compete for limited ridership at the cost of millions more to the taxpayer. Such a path would also not deliver the needed economic benefits to Main and 8th Streets....the two Springfield streets where mixed-use infill is most desired and feasible. Nevertheless, I'm fine with what's shown being in the Needs Plan. However, I've requested that the Mobility Plan and 2035 LRTP's Cost Feasible Plan transit, bike and ped projects be added to the 2040 Needs Plan as well. This way, they all have the opportunity to be studied in greater detail for inclusion into the official 2040 Cost Feasible Plan. IMO, the worst scenario would be taking out things that made the previous plan (and that the land use component of our comp plan was modified for to allow for TOD along those specific corridors), substituting them with risky expensive alternatives that end up being too unreasonable to make the final plan's list.
STREETCAR IS NEEDED, heritage streetcar is cheaper and attracts visitors: FROM LAURA & INDEPENDENCE: To Newnan, to Beaver (run off the east end and through the woods over Hogans Creek) to Randolph, to Duval, to Lee, to Water, return to start.
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FROM BAY AND LEE, west on Bay to Myrtle (center lane is old streetcar subway) to Forrest, to Riverside, to Post, to Oak, to King, to FSCJ, to Roosevelt, to San Juan to Fairfax. FROM NEWNAN AND BEAVER: north on Newnan to Orange, to Main, to 8th, to Jefferson, north returning to Boulevard north to 'S LINE' FROM BEAVER STREET ALIGNMENT UNDER ARLINGTON EXPRESSWAY AT UNION ST WAREHOUSE, north on former F & J railroad r of w to 21st to Gateway Plaza. RAPID STREETCAR! Skyway to Forrest Skyway to Farmers Market (direct line)* Skyway to FSCJ to Health Dept to VA to UF Health* Skyway on Bay to Randolph Skyway south to Atlantic (west of railroad) in San Marco* *indicates a at-grade end-point transfer terminal opportunity SKYBRIDGE - a elevated pedestrian walk from current second deck of current San Marco station to Baptist and Aetna... 12,000 missed riders! CONDENSE JRTC INTO SINGLE HISTORIC BUILDING sell 8 blocks to TOD Developers. (Flagler? AAF? Etc) BRT (SILVER LEVEL) JRTC downtown-Arlington Expressway-Regency (switch to bronze level Regency) hence via Atlantic to Beach. BRT (bronze level) Park St to King, to Post, to Cassat, to Blanding, to OP NORTHWEST BRT AS PLANNED USING PEARL AND REACHING JIA EXPRESS MOTOR COACHES W/WIFI restrooms etc running Downtown Baymeadows (office parks) - Town Center - UNF - BEACHES in lieu of BRT SOUTHEAST Similar service OP - Baymeadows etc Commuter rail on A line to GREEN COVE using re manufactured RDC CARS for economy. Also to St Augustine South
There needs to be three distinct core bike paths or lanes that connect downtown with San Marco, Riverside and Springfield. I believe in this town these paths\lanes need physical separation to truly be of benefit or people wont use them. Sharrow's wont work. Drivers ignore them. MJ article on Transit 6/2/14
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- Riverside Ave or really any street the runs the length up until Roosevelt, it could be College and cut through the park and/or through the underpass park. -For San Marco San Jose to Hendrix is the easiest and most direct route -Springfield not sure as I don't frequent as much but if you give people a safe These could be tied into the Trolly service route planning it could kill two birds maybe? when cities discuss putting in less optimal transit options, it's because the most optimal became infeasible, either financially or politically. Jax hasn't even attempted to put in something optimal, and yet is already "discussing" very lessthan-optimal options for transit. That's a little weird. A skyway to 5 Points? Honestly, what are these people smoking? I don't believe the S-Line should be commuter rail. I get it, there are standard gauge tracks available to use via commuter rail trains/frequency, which in a way is what the area possibly can support, however, a curcvy short line through a neighborhood that is urban by relative standards and is adjacent to downtown, with stops every half mile to mile, is not really what commuter rail is.
MJ article on Transit 6/2/14
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The city should grow some balls and put in LRT from downtown going north and create a master plan for growth/TOD, put together some financial option for developers to be incentivized, and let things run their course.
MJ article on Transit 6/2/14
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Instead, what happens is a bunch of non-transit people are way overthinking all of these "master plans", getting them way wrong, and not actually implementing them anyway. The city is not in emergency growth mode, and can actually curb emergency runaway growth by better land use plans in the suburbs (i.e. the Mobility Plan). That would afford them time to devote all resources to getting something practical up and running, and THEN working on master plans for citywide growth/transit once there is some sort of direction and a viable option up and running to paint how implementation might work in Jax and what it would result in.
MJ article on Transit 6/2/14
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In 2007 I was optimistic about streetcar, commuter rail and modest skyway expansion. That has changed I do not believe we will see any of it. The politicians aren't interested and JTA has sold out to the fake BRT nonsense. For what it's worth I think Jax should put all it's transit efforts into streetcar spreading out from the skyway. After a couple of core area lines are built connect them by converting the skyway into a raised streetcar line.
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All projects listed in the Mobility Plan ought to be included in any long-range planning. These were created through considerable effort and take into account years of input from the various neighborhoods. As such, all transit, bike/ped, and road projects from the Mobility Plan and the 2035 LRTP Cost Feasible Plan need to be included for evaluation. Here are some specific thoughts: I support expansion of the Skyway, in particular the Atlantic Boulevard station in San Marco, the Stadium extension, and the Brooklyn extensions. However, I feel that extending the Skyway to Five Points isn't feasible, considering the difficulty of getting under the Fuller Warren Bridge. Instead, the streetcar plans included in the Mobility Plan should be included in the LRTP, especially since it was created with considerable feedback from the community. This would connect Brooklyn to Riverside just as effectively as the Skyway, for a lower cost. In general, the Riverside streetcar plans that appeared in the Mobility Plan should be included in the LRTP, as it was the result of community feedback. Similarly, the Springfield extensions of the Skyway are good, but the Springfield streetcar plan outlined in the Mobility Plan is a cheaper alternative that was created through community feedback, and should be included in the LRTP. The S-Line commuter rail project seems to have been removed. It should remain in the plan for future evaluation. If the commuter rail line is moved elsewhere, a new plan for rail along the S-Line (perhaps light rail) should be explored to serve Durkeeville, Myrtle Avenue, and Springfield and encourage infill. The bike/ped improvements are encouraging, but we need to make sure all improvements included in the Mobility Plan are included.
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Item Name Widen Roads Expand Transit Enhance Safety Traffic Flow Serve Bikes and Pedestrians Invest in Ports Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Maintain Roads/Bridges Serve Trucking Serve Elderly/Disabled
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Avg Position 1.71 1.75 1.88 2.22
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Item Name Incentives for electric vehicle stations Incentives for alternative fuel vehicle purchases Incentives for compressed natural gas stations I would not invest in alternative fuels
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Overall Rank 1 2 3
Avg Position 1.28 1.93 2.14
Times Ranked 87 59 58
Item Name Intersection Improvements (adding turn lanes or c Access management (reducing driveways and median Improving traffic signals (removing "permitted" l
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Avg Position 1.64 2.05 2.37 2.52
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Item Name Commuter rail (trains operating on railroads) Enhancing bus services using bus rapid transit (h Trolley services (smaller buses) Expand bus services (adding new routes)
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Overall Rank 1 2 3 4
Avg Position 1.36 1.70 2.29 2.37
Times Ranked 61 70 38 19
Item Name Improve water access to ports Improve rail access to ports Improve road access to ports I would not invest in ports
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Avg Position 1.56 1.90 1.93
Times Ranked 91 73 69
Item Name Construct paths separate from the roadway Construct sidewalks Construct bike lanes
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Item Name Construct/improve intersections and interchanges Widen roadways with express lanes Widen existing roadways Build new roads
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Visitors To:nflrtp.metroquest.com A_Expand Transit PrioCommment,35944 1118744 13/12/03 16:44 1132907 13/12/11 03:50 1166770 14/01/05 12:26
Jacksonville really needs to bring back a fixed streetcar line connecting Downtown to Riverside/Avondale. Investment in light rail/heavy rail, and commuter rail is key to TOD and a thriving city. Promote mass transit from the Beaches to JTB/I-95. I couldn't commute to work at JTB/Phillips Hwy now in less than 2 hours one way - and that's not realistic.
A_Suggest another priority SuggestPrio,35945 1118658 13/12/03 16:18
Walkability
1122767 13/12/05 13:32
Context Sensitive Streets
1122767 13/12/05 13:32
Integrate Transportation Infrastructure Investment with Supportive Land Use Policies.
1122832 13/12/05 14:37
Commuter Rail
1123155 13/12/05 17:29
Commuter Rail
1124174 13/12/06 02:39
STREETCAR
1124541 13/12/06 12:07
expand skyway
1124541 13/12/06 12:07
Light rail
1127981 13/12/09 07:06
1130786 13/12/10 15:17
Retrofit sidewalks into the older neighborhoods on every street inside the I-295 beltway, beginning on the West side of the River. Retrofit sidewalks into the older neighborhoods on every street inside the I-295 beltway, especially west of the river. PASSENGER RAILROAD PLEASE!!!!!--UP AND DOWN EAST COAST
1132907 13/12/11 03:50
Create Light or Heavy Rail, and commuter Rail
1183608 14/01/17 18:19
Make better use of the skyway, run it later so people can eat downtown
1345490 14/03/31 11:54
Reduce fatal accidents.
1127981 13/12/09 07:06
A_Widen Roads PrioCommment,35944 952700 13/08/08 17:23 1126373 13/12/07 15:00
test Stuck in 1982!!!!!!! Did anyone get memo related to Smart Growth. Widening roads IS NOT a sign of prosperity, but just the opposite. The region can not afford to properly maintain current "bloated" transportation infrastructure. So, why does road widening continue to the FIRST SOLUTION? This approach is not sustainable or affordable.
S4_OtherFunding OtherInvestments,42900 962240 13/08/16 14:55
context sensitive streets
962240 13/08/16 14:55
context sensitive streets
962806 13/08/16 21:47
Toll booths and expressways
972148 13/08/23 03:46
I would really enjoy another form of mass transit. I do not ride the bus, but would enjoy a Metro-like transportation. Improved signage
993031 13/09/08 14:27 1051969 13/10/22 02:39
Relocalizing the Main Street Bridge
1103040 13/11/20 16:43 1118722 13/12/03 16:39
Safety for our pedestrians, bicyclists, children! Keep vehicle traffic under control. Stricter speed limits for areas used by those listed above. Bike lanes and sidewalks
1122832 13/12/05 14:37
Begin build out of Commuter Rail Now FY2014!!!
1122979 13/12/05 16:11
Safety. My husband was killed at a construction site because his lane suddenly shifted left with only one small sign - no cones, no flashing lights. Just a concrete barrier in the middle of his lane. Infrastructure improvements that improve the walkability and bikability and public transit of neighborhoods in the urban centers. The Skyway would be more valuable if it connected people's homes with the places they want to go. It needs to be expanded or abandoned.
1123706 13/12/05 21:59
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1124174 13/12/06 02:39
1124541 13/12/06 12:07 1127981 13/12/09 07:06
1127981 13/12/09 07:06
1132726 13/12/11 01:42
1132907 13/12/11 03:50 1183608 14/01/17 18:19
1242200 14/02/26 21:33 1388134 14/04/15 18:33
STREETCAR GATEWAY-SPRINGFIELD-DOWNTOWN-5 POINTS-RIVERSIDE-AVONDALE-FAIRFAX-ROOSEVELT PLAZA, SKYWAY EXPANSION NORTH, SOUTH, EAST light rail street car Observing our economic and atmospheric climate reveals the need for the encouragement of street trees and community gardens. These together stimulate and resurrect older commercial corridors in communities not aging gracefully. Road diets! Curb extensions, bulb outs/bump outs, pedestrian refuge. All of the above before business killing medians. Observing our economic and atmospheric climate reveals the need for the encouragement of street trees and community gardens. These together stimulate and resurrect older commercial corridors in communities not aging gracefully. Road diets! Curb extensions, bulb outs/bump outs, pedestrian refuge. All of the above before business killing medians. Restoring east-west rail service (similar to Amtrak's Sunset Limited) in Florida and pursuing high-speed rail throughout the state to make it easier for people and products to connect with our region. Supporting a viable rail solution for long-distance travel in addition to local commuting will assist further with interstate congestion. Rail. Light/Heavy Rail and Commuter Rail is vital. Find a way to coordinate with the future development plans for downtown, and create satilite parking that is accessible via the skyway. Than make the skyway run until 12:00 am friday and Saturday, so residents and tourists can USE the downtown and not have to clog the bridges and limited parking downtown. None
1399885 14/04/18 14:28
In a town like st. Augustine or any town adjacent to water, would look into water taxis and small ferries for pedestrians and bicycles Port and commuter train.
1399885 14/04/18 14:28
Port and commuter train.
S4_P0_Add a comment SolutionComment,53266 1129807 13/12/10 00:31
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1345490 14/03/31 11:54
For safety, I would recommend first a speed limit reduction on surface streets. Autos travelling 45 MPH or more will almost always kill a vulnerable road user in a crash. 35 MPH would be a good hard maximum for all urban surface streets. I wouldn't focus on a new mode nor new routes. The major deficiency with our transit service is its service - poor frequency, spans, takes too long. Lots of other places do that effectively with any/every mode.
1345490 14/03/31 11:54
S5_Comment FeedbackForm,36082 952700 13/08/08 17:23
test
1019955 13/09/30 14:18
i telecommute/work remotely
1061410 13/10/27 04:09 1095859 13/11/15 00:35
Would use mass transit if better frequency and duration, more reliable, safer. Would use bike if physically separated with barriers or distance from cars. It would take 3 buses, and 3 fares, each way to get to work - not viable.
1107787 13/11/23 15:19
Retired, no commute
1118658 13/12/03 16:18
I also drive.
1118744 13/12/03 16:44
I'm not too far from work, but mostly drive and occasionally bike in. Would definitely use mass transit option if it was available with short headways and minimal transfers. Build Commuter rail now FY2014
1122832 13/12/05 14:37 1122979 13/12/05 16:11
1124174 13/12/06 02:39
I would ride my bike to work more often if it were safer. I don't ride in the winter because the streets are too dark. It's hazardous enough in the summer. More train transit, then more bus transit, less road widening/construction. We cannot widen our way out of gridlock. I won't use public transport to go to work but I would definitely like more opportunities to leave my cars at home. We would both prefer bus/rail to driving any time.
1124621 13/12/06 14:16
retired
1123528 13/12/05 20:50 1123706 13/12/05 21:59
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1126373 13/12/07 15:00
1140086 13/12/14 15:21
More housing option near major employment centers. Better non motorized access in areas of big box development to serve employees of these retailers. We are only as strong as our weakest links, and must provide clean green mobility options for all walks of life and embrace the future Sidewalks and shade trees may sound like an oversimplification but they work and out live us all. I'd gladly commute by bike & public transit if we could retrofit bridges with pedestrian/bike lanes and improve & expand public transit times We feel Passenger Railroad service---Jax to Miami would assist in alleviating many other issues. Thousands of people would use Daily. Poor flow from interchanges from Butler Blvd at Gate Pkwy and I-295/9A cause gridlock that halts local traffic flow around the St. Johns Town Center as well. Congestion is similarly bad in the Deerwood Park South office area due to limited ingress and egress options from the area. Professional office at home
1167079 14/01/06 02:53
I wish I could take a bus from St.Augusitne to the University of North Florida for school.
1179157 14/01/14 17:04
1183183 14/01/17 14:52
comprehensive planning should access condition of current roadways and bridges as well as congestion/safety issues that exist. Building roads will not make traffic easier. Creating a better and easier public transportation will. Also, increasing bike lanes and encouraging folks to use both public transportation and bikes will. Need more progressive thinkers that make executive decisions. I work from home, but typically travel in 5 o'Clock traffic.
1283316 14/03/14 21:35
would be great if there was a safe bike or walking route.
1345490 14/03/31 11:54
Would use transit if service was better.
1388134 14/04/15 18:33
I am retired
1127981 13/12/09 07:06
1129088 13/12/09 19:48 1130786 13/12/10 15:17 1132726 13/12/11 01:42
1183162 14/01/17 14:44
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