city rail routes from Miami to West Palm Beach on FEC-owned track, would also help bring passenger rail to the site, JTA said. "Our partners have helped us a lot to understand what we can do," Clark said. "We want to make sure we don't impact the freight line or future inter-city passenger rail." The rail line's northern terminus is proposed to be next to the Prime Osborn Convention Center, a former railroad station, with JTA's Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center across the street. The JTA center is already the nexus for its bus lines as well as Skyway and various private bus services.
The endpoint in St. Augustine could be at U.S. 1 and King Street between U.S. 1 and the San Sebastian River near Broudy's Fine Wine and Spirits. That is St. Johns County's "urban area," so a planned train station puts passengers a walk away from the historic district, Skinner said. "For anything to have to be a success you have to have a mixture of all times of day, all different types of users who want to use it for as many reasons as possible," she said. "... We don't just want people to park and ride and have quiet cars sitting in a parking lot. You want to be someplace that has a mixture of uses, and that is a living, real city." A commuter station developed along with new retail and residential ventures in the area, including the West King Street community nearby, would also improve the quality
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