CEO’S ASSESSMENT O V E R V I E W
On June 30, 1976, Jacksonville’s Mayor and City Council along with the Downtown Development Authority, Jacksonville Chamber and the Area Planning Board came together with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) and declared “The Vision” for Downtown Jacksonville to the U.S. Department of Transportation. In this Fiscal Year, the JTA has taken the next step in bringing that vision to reality. And we are doing so all around Jacksonville and throughout the Northeastern Florida community.
O n June 30, 1976, Jacksonville’s Mayor and City Council joined the Downtown Develop- ment Authority, the Jacksonville Chamber, the Area Planning Board, and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) to declare “The Vision” for Downtown Jacksonville to the U.S. Department of Transportation. That vision called for downtown revi- talization and a new way to move people, an Automat- ed Guideway Transit system, so that Jacksonville could “ascend to its next level of greatness as an example for other medium-sized cities.” Nearly fifty years later, that vision is no longer aspi- rational. It is operational. In this Fiscal Year, we didn’t simply honor the 1976 promise, we advanced it. And we are doing so not only in Downtown Jacksonville, but across neighborhoods and counties throughout North- east Florida. This was the year Jacksonville entered the national conversation as a proving ground for next-generation mobility. In June, we launched NAVI, Neighborhood Autonomous Vehicle Innovation, the first autonomous vehicle (AV) revenue service operated by a public trans- portation authority in the United States. NAVI’s 3.5-mile Bay Street Innovation Corridor connects Pearl Street to EverBank Stadium, linking the Central Business Dis- trict with the Sports & Entertainment District, cultural venues, hotels, and more than 35 dining destinations. Jacksonville isn’t waiting for the future of transporta- tion, we are operating it for real people, in real service, in real time.
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Prepared for the U.S. DOT Urban Mass Transportation Administration By the Mayor’s People-Mover Task Force in cooperation with Mayor and City Council Jacksonville Area Planning Board Jacksonville Transportation Authority Jacksonville Downtown Development Authority Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce June 30, 1976 Today Jacksonville recognizes and has document- ed the need and benefits of a unique and improved transportation system, the Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) or people-mover system. With this system for moving people (proposed in 1973) this unique city can ascend to its next level of great- ness as an example for other medium-sized cities.” Jacksonville’s downtown has always been at the center of its activity and downtown revitalization is a top priority today…the mass transportation system…particularly since 1973 has played a vital role in strengthening the downtown area.
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