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Group Launches Website To Fight Visual Pollution
Scenic Jacksonville Inc (formerly known as CAPSigns), the group that led the successful effort twenty-two years ago to amend the city's charter to prohibit new billboards and required many of the city's existing billboards to be removed, has launched a new website to educate voters on the billboard issue and to encourage the Mayor... »
JTA & The Mysterious $72 Million Stash
Folio Weekly recently broke a story about a $72 million discovery by the City Council Auditor. The secret JTA fund was questioned by Councilman Bill Bishop during a routine budget review and the Council Auditor delved into the matter to identify the previously-unmentioned funds. The find is significant because of the fact that JTA... »
BRT Failing in Miami
JTA take note. The Dadeland-to-Florida City bus rapid transit (BRT) roadway was built to encourage motorists to take buses that travel more quickly because they benefit from green-light priority at intersections. But the strategy didn't work out well because Miami-Dade Transit was never able to operate many buses on the roadway. Currently, between 10 to... »
The Yellow Brick Road
With the recent opening of the Riverside Arts Market, the Jazz Festival on Laura Street, the Sail Jacksonville Tall Ships this weekend, and the Mayor's announcement that he would focus his last two years in office on the river and downtown, it seems like downtown is becoming the place to be. While these are great developments that are... »
