The Skyway, a hand-me-down from the days of double-knit suits
Mass transit fans may have been dismayed when funding for the Skyway was diverted to a new fad, but they shouldn’t fear – bad projects almost never die. The Skyway dates to 1972, when mass transit enthusiasts discovered the federal government was throwing away money on the latest and greatest thing – essentially a newer […]
JTA dreaming big. Could it turn into taxpayers’ nightmares AGAIN?
Is the Jacksonville Transportation Authority getting ahead of the curve? To its credit, the JTA is trying to get away from the seldom-used Skyway, which cost $185 million to build in the 1980s – $42 million of it from local taxpayers. Currently it is costing $6 million a year to operate. There were 2,740 trips […]