4.1 2024 Nassau County Transit Study Final Report Presentation By Alexander Traversa, Director, Planning and Sustainability, Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)

[4.1 2024 Nassau County Transit Study Final Report Presentation By Alexander Traversa, Director, Planning and Sustainability, Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)]

UNDER BOARD BUSINESS 4.1, 2024 NASSAU COUNTY TRANSIT STUDY, FINAL REPORT PRESENTATION.

KELLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER?

>> YES. THIS EVENING WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE WITH US, MR. ALEXANDER TRAVERSA WHO IS WITH THE JACKSONVILLE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY AND TONIGHT, HE IS PRESENTING TO YOU THE DRAFT FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR CONSIDERATION.

AT THAT POINT, IT WILL BECOME FINAL.

THIS IS ONLY DRAFT RIGHT NOW SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE AWARENESS OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT STUDY AND SOME OF ITS FINDINGS.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE OUTREACH EFFORTS, AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WHO WERE VERY ENGAGED THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THAT REALLY WELL REFLECTED IN THE OUTCOMES.

>> MR. TRAVERSA, IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US AGAIN YOUR NAME AND WHO YOU'RE WITH?

>> SURE THING.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEXANDER TRAVERSA.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY AT THE JACKSONVILLE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD HAVING ME TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS FROM THE NASSAU COUNTY TRANSIT STUDY.

AS KELLY MENTIONED, MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, EITHER ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR ATTENDING A PUBLIC MEETING,

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SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN HELPING BRIDGE THAT GAP TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING THAT FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY REFLECT IN THE STUDY, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU TODAY.

KELLY MENTIONED IT, I JUST WANTED TO PREFACE BY SAYING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WHICH WILL THEN MAKE THAT UPON THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO IT.

AT JTA, WE REALLY EMPHASIZE SAFETY IN OUR OPERATIONS, SO WE HAVE A MONTHLY SAFETY MESSAGE, SO I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT.

THIS MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, IT'S DRIVE SAFETY INTO THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE REMEMBER THAT SAFETY IS CRITICAL FOR OUR OWN OPERATIONS.

IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE WELL BEING OF OUR STAFF INTERNALLY AT JTA, BUT ALSO THE CUSTOMERS WE SERVE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

JUST TO TOUCH ON THIS, I LIKE TO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT IS OVERALL A SAFE AND SECURE TRAVEL MODE.

TRANSIT TRAVEL HAS ABOUT A TENTH OF THE CRASH RATES AS THOSE PERSONAL AUTOMOBILES AND THOSE LIVING IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS OR DEVELOPMENTS THAT SUPPORT USE OF TRANSIT AS WELL AS ACTIVE MODES LIKE WALKING AND BICYCLING AT A MUCH LOWER RISK OF TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES.

TODAY, I'LL COVER BRIEF BACKGROUND, A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROJECT UPDATE ON THE NASSAU COUNTY TRANSIT STUDY, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, THE RESULTS, AND REALLY WHAT WE IDENTIFIED AS SOME OF THE TRANSIT NEEDS AND GAPS.

THEN THE BULK OF WHAT I'LL BE PRESENTING IS REALLY THOSE SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW WE APPROACH THAT THROUGH A PHASED SCENARIO OR PHASED IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH WITH A SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM, AND LONG TERM AND THEN JUST WRAPPING UP WITH THE OVERALL STUDY OUTCOMES AND WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTY.

JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE STUDY, JUST TO REITERATE.

THE STUDY WAS REALLY CONDUCTED TO ASSESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET THE EXISTING AND FUTURE MOBILITY NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, EMPLOYERS, AND VISITORS IN NASSAU COUNTY.

THE STUDY IS AN UPDATE FROM A PREVIOUS STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2015 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NORTH FLORIDA TPO AND SO WE ARE JUST KIND OF EXPANDING ON THAT AND REALLY TAKING INTO CONTEXT THE CHANGES IN MOBILITY NEEDS OR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR THE REGION.

SPECIFICALLY, AS WE EMERGED FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES IN TRAVEL, AND SOME OF THE GROWTH PATTERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE STUDY OBJECTIVES.

SO REALLY WE SET OUT TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXISTING TRANSIT SERVICES IN THE COUNTY.

WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME LASTING IMPACTS THAT AS WE EMERGED FROM THE PANDEMIC, THERE WERE CHANGES IN TRAVEL PATTERNS, YOUR TRADITIONAL PEAK.

RUSH HOURS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AND HOW TRAVEL HAS CHANGED, AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT DEMAND IS NOW.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART.

IT'S CUT OFF A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT THAT IS JUST SHOWING RIDERSHIP ON THE EXISTING NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT SERVICE THAT EXISTS TODAY FROM PRE PANDEMIC TO POST PANDEMIC.

YOU CAN SEE IT DID TAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIP DURING THE PANDEMIC, TRANSIT RIDERSHIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED DURING THAT TIME.

BUT IT IS REBOUNDING AND SO THERE IS STILL A NEED FOR THAT TRANSIT SERVICE.

THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT ARE RELYING ON THAT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE REALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS THOSE CHANGING CONDITIONS AS MENTIONED, AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS WERE FOR THE COUNTY.

IMPROVE REGIONAL CONNECTIONS, HELPING SUPPORT THE RAPID GROWTH WE'RE SEEING IN NASSAU COUNTY WITH A LOT OF THE EXPANSION OF SUBURBAN RESIDENCES.

HOW DO WE REALLY PROVIDE THAT REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES OUTSIDE AND WITHIN THE COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT SEAMLESS MOBILITY EXISTS.

THROUGH THAT POINT, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL MOBILITY HUB LOCATIONS.

I'LL TOUCH ON MOBILITY HUBS IN OUR STRATEGIES.

BUT REALLY, THESE ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT THAT CONNECTS THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT WE RECOMMEND TO MAKE IT MORE OF A SEAMLESS TRIP, BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION FROM, SAY, WALKING OR BIKING OR A MICROTRANSIT SERVICE TO SOMETHING MORE ROBUST THAT CAN MOVE MORE PEOPLE AND REALLY BEING THAT LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN FACILITATE THOSE SERVICES AND THAT REALLY LEADS INTO OUR VISION FOR SEAMLESS MOBILITY OPTIONS.

IT'S REALLY A CORE OF THE JTA IS PROVIDING SEAMLESS MOBILITY FOR THE REGION, AND REALLY ENABLES OUR CUSTOMERS TO MAKE COMPLETE TRIPS,

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BEING ABLE TO TAKE TRANSIT FROM THE MOMENT THEY LEAVE THEIR DOOR ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL AS WE APPROACHED THIS STUDY AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE TIMELINE.

AS MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.

WE STARTED BACK IN SUMMER OF 2023.

IT STARTED OFF WITH A ROBUST DATA COLLECTION EFFORT DOING EXISTING CONDITIONS AND MARKET ASSESSMENTS.

WE LOOKED AT FORECASTING AND PROJECTIONS OF POPULATION GROWTH AND BUSINESS GROWTH IN THE COUNTY AND FROM THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY LEVERAGE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, AND THEN THIS IS WHERE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BEGAN AND STARTED COLLECTING SOME OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS IN STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND REALLY UTILIZING ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THEN DEVELOP WHAT THE VALUES AND TRANSIT PRIORITIES WERE FOR THE COUNTY.

WITH THAT, WE TOOK THAT BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND THAT LED TO NETWORK DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.

THESE WERE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE FOCUSING ON TODAY THAT I'LL BE SHARING.

JUST TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE KEY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

AS MENTIONED, WE HAD A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WAS REALLY HELPING GUIDE A LOT OF THE DECISION MAKING.

YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT HERE IS OF A TABLE AT ONE OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE HAD BIG MAPS LAID OUT.

WE DID A PLANNING WHERE WE RECAPPED ON SOME OF THE TRANSIT NEEDS AND GAPS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AND HAD THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ACTUALLY TAKE IT WAS, I THINK IT'S CALLED MONKEY STRING.

IT'S LIKE A WAXY STRING, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PLACE LINES ON A MAP AND DRAW POINTS ON WHERE THEY FELT THE TRANSIT NEEDS WERE AND HOW TO FILL THOSE GAPS SO REALLY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

WE ALSO DID SOME INTERVIEWS IN SMALL GROUP MEETINGS WITH HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOME OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES AS WELL AS ATTENDING SOME OF THOSE BIGGER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE'VE STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S NOT ALWAYS A ONE WAY TO BEST ENGAGE A COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE COMMUNITY YOU'RE GOING INTO SO LEVERAGING EXISTING EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GOING HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

A LOT OF THE TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE THERE MAY BE A TRANSIT DEPENDENT POPULATION REQUIRING SOMEBODY TO COME BACK OUT OR TAKE A TRANSIT TRIP TO GET TO A PUBLIC MEETING CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT SO TRYING TO GO TO WHERE THEY ARE GO WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY GUILT, GO IN THOSE CORRIDORS HAS BEEN A KEY APPROACH TO OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PROJECT.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED THE ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, AGAIN, AT ALL OF THESE EVENTS WHICH ALLOWED US TO CAPTURE SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT WE'LL TOUCH ON BRIEFLY HERE.

THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE KEY METRICS FROM THE SURVEY.

THE SURVEY WAS DEPLOYED IN THAT EARLY STAGE OF THE PROJECT AND WE COLLECTED ABOUT 402 SURVEY RESPONSES DURING THAT SURVEY PERIOD.

RESPONSES WERE WELL SPREAD ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA IN THE COUNTY AND IT EVEN INCLUDED SOME RESPONSES FROM JACKSONVILLE AND SOME EVEN INTO THE SOUTH GEORGIA AREA.

A LARGE PORTION OF THAT SURVEY RESPONSES WERE FROM FERNANDINA BEACH.

THERE WAS ABOUT 125 SURVEY RESPONSES FROM FERNANDINA BEACH OUT OF THE 402.

SO REALLY WELL PARTICIPATED HERE FROM FERNANDINA BEACH.

WHAT WE SEE HERE, AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE'VE SEEN, SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE.

HERE WE SEE SOME OF THE PRIORITIZATIONS FROM THE SURVEY.

SO WE SEE TRANSIT NEEDS WHERE THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS PRIORITIZED TRANSIT NEEDS.

SO YOU SEE THINGS LIKE JOB ACCESS, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND THEN LOW INCOME OR HIGH NEED NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR MOBILITY FOR SENIORS WHICH IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL IN THE COUNTY.

NASSAU COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS A HIGHER PROPORTION OF SENIORS OR PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION IN THAT SENIOR AGE GROUP 65 AND OLDER, HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

NATIONAL AVERAGE IS AROUND 17%, NASSAU COUNTY SITS AT ROUGHLY 22%, AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW SO REALLY IMPORTANT THERE, AS WELL AS TRANSIT GAP.

THERE IS EXISTING SERVICE TODAY, TRANSIT SERVICE.

NINETY ONE PERCENT OF OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS HAVE NEVER USED NASSAU TRANSIT.

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ON THE PLUS SIDE, 84% SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO TRY IT.

SO THAT'S USUALLY A GOOD METRIC REALLY JUST GOES TO SHOW WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT ADVERTISING OUR SERVICES AND GETTING THE SERVICES OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC.

THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFIED REALLY FOUR KEY THEMES FOR IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION IN NASSAU COUNTY.

IT STARTS WITH THAT FIRST PIECE, AS I JUST MENTIONED, BUILDING AWARENESS, BUILDING AWARENESS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE FOR EXPANDING ON THAT AND IMPROVING OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THERE WAS URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE AND WORKFORCE TRANSPORTATION TO MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.

WE KNOW TODAY, THAT IS FERNADINA BEACH, IT'S STARTING TO SPREAD IN THAT UL AREA, CALLAHAN AND HILLIARD.

THROUGH 2045, THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO EXPAND ALL ALONG THAT 200 QUARTER WHICH IS ALREADY A CONGESTED CORRIDOR, SO COULD EXACERBATE THAT A BIT.

SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE TO AND FROM THOSE MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.

WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IMPROVED CONNECTIONS TO THE BROADER JACKSONVILLE REGION.

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE WE HEARD THE AIRPORT A LOT FROM A TOURISM INDUSTRY AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT WAS SOMETHING WE HEARD FAIRLY OFTEN.

THEN REALLY JUST EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION FOR VISITORS ON THE ISLAND AND GETTING AROUND IN THAT SHORT TRIP LENGTH, LESS THAN A MILE OR A COUPLE MILES, MOVING EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.

SO JUMPING INTO SOME OF THE SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS IS ON A TIMER, AND I'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE IT'S AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING SO IF IT GETS AHEAD, I'LL TRY TO PAUSE OR STEP IT BACK BECAUSE WE DID USE THIS FOR OUR VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING, AND SO WE REPURPOSING THAT PRESENTATION.

EXISTING SERVICES TODAY.

THERE'S THE ISLAND HOPPER, WHICH IS DEMAND RESPONSE HERE ON AMELIA ISLAND.

PARATRANSIT, SO THIS IS TYPICALLY SERVICE FOR THOSE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR SENIORS THAT OR REQUIRE THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARATRANSIT SERVICES.

THEN WE HAVE THE NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT.

THAT'S THE COMMUTER TYPE SERVICE THAT CONNECTS ULE TO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE GREEN LINE ON THE MAP USING 200 AND THEN DOWN 95 FOR THAT TRUE COMMUTER TRIPS.

LIMITED TRIPS. IT'S ONLY A FEW TRIPS IN THE MORNING AND A FEW TRIPS IN THE EVENING, REALLY CATERING TOWARDS THAT WORK RELATED COMMUTER TRIP.

>> AS WE APPROACH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE TOOLBOX, I'LL CALL IT, FOR TRANSIT SERVICES.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TRANSIT OPTIONS THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRIPS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT A 40 FOOT BUS, A BIG BUS IS NOT GOING TO SERVE EVERY PURPOSE AND EVERY TRIP NEED, AND SO BY LEVERAGING THESE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BEST FIT THE NEED OR THE TYPE OF TRIP THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

WE DO HAVE THINGS LIKE LOCAL BUS.

THAT'S YOUR, LARGE SCALE BUS WITH A, SIGN POSTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSIT STOPS.

THERE'S ITERATIONS OF THAT CALLED BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

THAT'S DEDICATED LANES FOR A BUS SERVICE THAT ALMOST MIMICS THAT OF A DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY FOR LIKE A RAIL SYSTEM.

REALLY HIGH FREQUENCY CAN MOVE A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY.

REGIONAL EXPRESS BUS, THAT'S WHAT, CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY.

THAT'S THE NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT.

IT'S A LIMITED STOP GENERALLY OPERATING IN THAT PEAK TIME FOR COMMUTER TRAVEL.

THOSE ARE OUR CORE FIXED MODE APPROACHES.

WE ALSO HAVE FLEXIBLE MODES, WHICH WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR.

THAT'S FLEX ROUTE, WHICH IS SORT OF A FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM.

IT DOES HAVE SOME STOPS ALONG THE WAY, AND IT HAS A ROUTE, BUT IT ALLOWS THE PASSENGERS TO DEVIATE FROM THAT WITHIN A THREE QUARTER OF A MILE DISTANCE, SO IF YOU LIVED WITHIN THAT AREA OR COULD EASILY WALK TO THAT THREE QUARTER OF A MILE GAP, YOU'D BE ABLE TO THEN CATCH THAT TRANSIT EITHER DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR OR AT A STOP WITHIN THAT SERVICE AREA.

THEN TAKING IT TO THE FULL FLEXIBLE SIDE, SO DEMAND RESPONSE OR MICRO-TRANSIT.

THESE ARE TYPICALLY SMALLER VEHICLES THAT ARE OPERATING IN A ZONE THAT'S BEEN PREDEFINED.

THAT ZONE IS GENERALLY PROGRAMMED INTO WHAT WE CALL A GEOFENCE.

IT'S A TECHNOLOGICALLY PLACE ZONE IN THAT VEHICLE CAN PICK UP AND DROP OFF ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT ZONE.

GENERALLY, WE USE, AT LEAST IN JACKSONVILLE,

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THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE'RE DOING, IT'S ABOUT A 10 SQUARE MILE ZONE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO EFFICIENTLY MOVE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT ZONE.

GENERALLY, A SHORTER TRIP LENGTH ON THAT ONE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LONG HAUL TRIPS.

IT'S MORE SO MANY SHORT TRIPS.

THEN WE HAVE MORE OF OUR SPECIALIZED SERVICES, THINGS LIKE MICRO-MOBILITY SERVICES.

THAT'S THINGS LIKE BIKE SHARE, SCOOTER SHARE, E-BIKES, AND E-SCOOTERS.

YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE IN MORE POPULATED CITIES.

I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE.

A LOT OF CITIES HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH IT, AND SO THERE'S MORE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO APPROACH.

PUT IT OUT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T BECOME A NUISANCE ON THE CITY, AS WELL AS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, WHICH WE'RE TESTING AND ABOUT TO DEPLOY NEXT YEAR IN JACKSONVILLE.

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGING THOSE IN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

THE VEHICLE ITSELF IS AUTOMATED, IT CAN FUNCTION IN A MICRO-TRANSIT OR A ZONE BASED SERVICE.

IT CAN ALSO WORK IN A FIXED ROUTE.

A DEDICATED TRANSIT SERVICE.

JUST LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN INNOVATE, WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE STUDY THAT, NASSAU COUNTY ISN'T BUILT FOR TRANSIT, AND IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL TRANSIT THAT NASSAU COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR.

WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT EACH OF THESE OPTIONS AND SEE HOW THEY BEST FIT WITHIN THE FABRIC OF THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND THE SERVICES THAT NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED.

AS MENTIONED, WE WORKED IN THREE PLANNING HORIZONS.

THIS IS REALLY TO EASE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND ALSO BUILD UPON SOME OF THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU'LL SEE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE 1-2 YEAR TO THE 3-5, THE 3-5 WILL ACTUALLY INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS BUILDING UPON THE 1-2 YEAR.

AS YOU MOVE ON TO THE FIVE YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT TREND CONTINUE.

REALLY JUST BUILDING ON THE SYSTEM AND MAKING IT MORE ROBUST AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

GENERALLY, SO FOR THE SHORT TERM, I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE KEY STRATEGIES HERE.

SHORT TERM WAS REALLY HIGH PRIORITY CHANGES OR THOSE THAT CAN BE MADE WITH EXISTING RESOURCES, CHANGES TO THE EXISTING SERVICES THAT ARE THERE TODAY AND REALLY MEETING CRITICAL NEEDS OF TODAY.

MEDIUM TERM, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.

WE CAN START BUILDING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, START IMPLEMENTING NEW SERVICES, BUT STILL REALLY FILLING THAT GAP OF SHORT TERM NEEDS AND BALANCING THAT WITH POTENTIAL LONG TERM CONSIDERATIONS.

THEN AS WE LOOK TO THE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS, IT'S REALLY, HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THE GROWTH THAT NASSAU COUNTY IS GOING TO SEE? AND HOW DO WE BETTER SUPPORT THAT THROUGH MORE ROBUST TRANSIT SERVICES? JUMPING INTO THE SHORT TERM SCENARIO.

WE START OFF WITH AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY FOCUSING ON EXISTING SERVICES TODAY AND HOW WE BETTER IMPROVE THOSE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.

ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE IN THE SHORT TERM SCENARIO IS THE EXPANSION OF NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT.

WE HEARD A LARGE NEED FROM A LOT OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC ON ACCESS TO A VA HOSPITAL THAT OPENED UP IN RIVER CITY IN NORTHERN JACKSONVILLE.

THE NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT SERVICE ACTUALLY PASSES RIGHT BY IT TODAY.

IT JUST DOESN'T PULL OFF FOR A STOP THERE, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS ADDING THAT AS A STOP WITHIN THIS SERVICE, CONNECTING THOSE CUSTOMERS TO THE VA HOSPITAL AND ALLOWING THAT CONNECTION.

THIS IS ALSO A GAP TO ANOTHER SOLUTION HERE IS THE JTA HAS ROUTE 1, THAT GOES TO RIVER CITY AND THEN GOES TO THE AIRPORT.

THROUGH A TRANSFER, YOU CAN NOW GET ONCE THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, YOU COULD GET FROM U TO THE AIRPORT ON TWO TRIP RIDE, AND SO REALLY A BENEFIT THERE, GOING TO THE VA CRITICAL NEED, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STILL PROVIDING SOME OF THAT ACCESSIBILITY FOR TOURISM AND REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.

OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IN THE SHORT TERM SCENARIO IS REALLY MODERNIZING OUR DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE.

THIS IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR PARATRANSIT SERVICE, AND SOME OF THE MICRO-TRANSIT RELATED ISLAND HOPPER.

WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE COUNTY AND THE WAY THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND STATE FUNDING WILL FLOW, THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES TO HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY LEVERAGE THOSE PARATRANSIT TRIPS WITHIN THE URBANIZED AREA AND WHAT FUNDING YOU CAN USE FOR THAT.

AS WE SEE THIS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE A MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE.

PARATRANSIT IS TYPICALLY VERY EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO PROVIDE THOSE TRIPS.

BUT THERE'S MORE EFFICIENT ZONE BASED MICRO-TRANSIT THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THAT CAN HELP REDUCE THAT COST, AND ALSO PROVIDE A MUCH LARGER AREA AND MORE DEDICATED TYPE SERVICE FOR THE ZONE DEFINED.

IN THIS CASE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TWO ZONES BECAUSE I MENTIONED THAT IT'S ABOUT 10 SQUARE MILES,

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CAPTURING A UI BASED ZONE AND CAPTURING A FERNANDINA BEACH, IN THE ISLAND ZONE, AND MAYBE HAVING AN AREA OF OVERLAP.

YOU COULD TRANSFER BETWEEN THE TWO.

AS THAT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES AS THE CAPABILITIES FOR SCHEDULING AND PROVIDING VEHICLES FOR THAT SERVICE IMPROVES, THERE IS FUTURE SCENARIOS WHERE WE ENVISION MAYBE COMBINING THAT INTO ONE LARGE ZONE.

THERE'S A VARIETY OF SYSTEMS OR TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY THAT ACTUALLY USE A ZONE BASED SERVICE LIKE THIS, AND IT'S BEEN PROVEN TO BE RELATIVELY EFFICIENT, ESPECIALLY AS YOU TALK ABOUT AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT, NOT NECESSARILY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT SOME OF YOUR FIXED TRANSIT MODES.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE TODAY FROM A MICRO-TRANSIT SERVICE.

THIS IS JTA READY RIDE.

USES A COMBINATION OF VANS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SMALLER MICRO-TRANSIT TYPE VEHICLES, SO THINGS LIKE GOLF CARTS, AND WE ALSO PARTNERSHIP WITH GO TUK'N AND BEACH BUGGIES, WHICH ARE THOSE SMALLER SCALE MICRO TRANSITS.

THIS ZONE IT OPERATES AS JACKSONVILLE BEACH, NEPTUNE BEACH, AND UP TO MAYPORT, AND REALLY, THIS IS, DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE WITHIN THAT ZONE.

CURRENTLY OPERATES AS A DIALER RIDE, SO YOU'D HAVE TO CALL IN ADVANCE 2 HOURS BEFORE YOU WANT YOUR TRIP.

THEY'LL GET YOU SCHEDULED, AND THEN IT GOES FROM THERE.

WE ENVISION THIS SHIFTING TO A BASE SERVICE, SIMILAR TO YOUR UBERS AND LIFTS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THOSE FEATURES FOR OUR APPLICATION AND ANTICIPATE THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS THAT DEVELOPS, AND THAT'LL REALLY HELP MAKE IT TRULY ON DEMAND, WHERE I CAN CALL THAT RIDE NOW, SHOWS UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND TAKES ME TO THE NEXT LOCATION THAT I NEED TO GO.

WITH THIS, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALSO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THESE VEHICLES ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE, JUST A REQUIREMENT OF TRANSIT THROUGH THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROCESS, SO ALL OF THESE ZONE BASED MICRO TRANSITS DO HAVE ADA ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES.

THAT BEING SAID WITH SERVICES LIKE GO TUK'N AND BEACH BUGGIES THAT JT IS ACTUALLY SPONSORING.

OUR SPONSORSHIP WAS PURCHASING A VAN OR AN ADA ACCESSIBLE VAN TO BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR THAT SERVICE, ALLOWING THEM TO IMPLEMENT THAT AS WELL.

IT BRIDGED THAT GAP FOR SOME OF THE USERS FOR THOSE SERVICES.

RECOMMENDATION THREE IS REALLY FACILITATING FIRST AND LAST MILE.

THE DISTINCTION HERE AND WE SEPARATED IN THE STUDY, ZONE BASED MICRO TRANSIT CAN REALLY STAND ALONE AS A DOOR TO DOOR TYPE SERVICE IN THAT ZONE.

WHAT WE ENVISION FOR FIRST AND LAST MILE SERVICE IS REALLY CONNECTING PEOPLE FROM THEIR DOOR TO A MORE ROBUST TRANSIT SERVICE.

THINGS LIKE, IN THIS CASE, THAT'S BEACH BUGGIES AND GO TUK'N, CAN YOU LEVERAGE THOSE TO TAKE YOU FROM YOUR DOOR OR FROM A RESTAURANT TO A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUS STOP A HUB AND THEN USE THAT TO CONNECT FURTHER INTO SOME OF YOUR FIXED ROUTE OR YOUR FLEX TYPE SERVICES.

IT REALLY CREATES THAT SEAMLESS TRIP.

IF I WANTED TO COME UP TO FERNANDINA BEACH, AND I'M COMING FROM JACKSONVILLE A, I COULD JUMP ON A BUS, GET UP INTO FERNANDINA BEACH, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHERE I NEED TO GO.

I WANT TO GO TO THIS RESTAURANT THAT'S A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT BUS STOP IS.

I COULD USE THIS TO GET THAT LAST MILE, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WALK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THESE ARE TYPICALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT I SAID, PARTNERSHIPS.

JTA IS PARTNERING WITH THESE SERVICES, AND WE REALLY ENVISION THIS AS IF IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR THAT TOURISM.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

I KNOW BEACH BUGGIES EXPANDED INTO SAN MARCO AND DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE, AND THEY ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS THERE TO HAVE THEM AS KEY PICK UP AND DROP OFF LOCATIONS WITHIN THEIR APPLICATION WHEN YOU'RE SCHEDULING.

I MENTIONED MOBILITY HUBS AND REALLY, THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THESE VARIETIES OF MODES THAT I'VE SHARED SO FAR.

WE HEARD A LOT THROUGHOUT THE CONCERN WITH LOITERING AND THINGS AROUND THESE MOBILITY HUBS OR TRADITIONAL BUS STOPS.

GENERALLY, YOU CAN SEE IN MANY CITIES THAT BUS STOPS CAN ATTRACT VAGRANCY.

BUT REALLY, MOBILITY HUBS ARE OUR VISION FOR MOBILITY HUBS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

THESE BECOME PLACES WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY, PEOPLE CAN TRANSFER BETWEEN MODES.

THEY'RE GENERALLY WELL LIT, THERE'S PUBLIC ART.

YOU'RE INCORPORATING A LOT OF THOSE PLACE MAKING FEATURES THAT CAN MAKE IT A PLACE AND ACTIVATE IT TO HELP KIND OF DETER THAT.

TYPICALLY, IF IT'S A BUS STOP WHERE THERE'S VERY FEW RIDERS OR THERE'S, YOU KNOW,

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IN UNLIT PLACE, THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO SEE THAT CHALLENGES WITH VAGRANCY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE REALLY ENVISION THESE AS ACTIVATED PLACES THAT HELP FACILITATE THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT MODES.

IT ALSO HELPS IMPROVE THAT SEAMLESS TRIP.

I CAN USE THIS AS MY LOCATION TO THEN TRANSFER BETWEEN, SAY, A MICRO-TRANSIT AND A FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE.

IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR PARKING RIDES, SO A LOT OF THESE WILL EITHER HAVE BIKE SHARE, SCOOTER SHARE, PARK AND RIDE LOCATION, SO YOU COULD DRIVE POSSIBLY TO THIS LOCATION AND THEN TRANSITION TO IT IN ANOTHER MODE, REALLY HELPING ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGESTION THERE.

JUMPING INTO THE MEDIUM TERM.

AS MENTIONED, THIS WILL BUILD UPON SOME OF THE SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATIONS, SHORT TERM FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE EXISTING SERVICES AND HOW WE CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY OPERATE THOSE OR EXPAND THOSE TO SERVE NEW AREAS AND PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE GAPS WE FILLED.

THESE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS EXTENDING SOME OF THE EXISTING ONES.

YOU'LL SEE NOW OUR RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION FIVE IS NEW FLEX ROUTE SERVICE.

THIS IS THAT DEVIATED FIXED ROUTE SERVICE WHERE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE, YOU COULD REQUEST THAT VEHICLE COME AND PICK YOU UP IN, SMALLER ZONE AROUND THE ROUTE AND THEN UTILIZE IT AS A FIXED ROUTE SERVICE.

WE REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TRANSIT SERVICE DOWN 200 TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, CONNECTING HILLIARD, CALLAHAN, AND YULEE, AND THEN ACTUALLY CONNECTING IT TO NORTHERN JACKSONVILLE, PROVIDING REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.

ARMSDALE, PARK&RIDE, SHON MARES ACTUALLY CONNECTS TO THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK IN JACKSONVILLE, SO IT REALLY WOULD PROVIDE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY THERE.

RECOMMENDATION 6, IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE EXPRESS SELECT AGAIN.

THIS IS THE EXTENSION OF THE EXPRESS SELECT, WHICH IN PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS STOPS IN ACTUALLY STOPS IN YULEE TODAY.

THIS WOULD EXPAND THAT OR EXTEND THAT INTO FERNANDINA BEACH AMELIA ISLAND, CREATING THAT, ONE STOP OR, ONE TRIP RIDE FROM FERNANDINA BEACH INTO JACKSONVILLE OR ANY OF THOSE STOPS ALONG THE WAY, SO YULEE, THE VA HOSPITAL CONNECTIONS TO THE AIRPORT WILL BE A TWO TRIP RIDE IN THIS SCENARIO AND THEN CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE.

THIS MAINTAINS THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE.

IT'S FIVE ROUND TRIPS A DAY.

WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT FREQUENCY IN FUTURE SCENARIOS.

RECOMMENDATION 7, IS REALLY CONTINUING THE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS AND MODERNIZATION OF DEMAND RESPONSE.

THIS IS STARTING TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN PARATRANSIT TRIPS AND TRIPS ON MICRO-TRANSIT, REALLY DELINEATING THAT, ALLOWING US TO SAVE COSTS WHERE POSSIBLE AND REALLY LEVERAGING GRANT FUNDS FOR THE RURAL BASED RURAL TRIPS THAT EITHER START AND END OR COMPLETELY WITHIN THE RURAL AREA, AND THEN ALLOWING MICRO-TRANSIT TO FILL THE OTHER NEEDS AT A MUCH LOWER COST THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL PARATRANSIT SERVICES.

WE CONTINUE BUILDING ON HUB INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES LIKE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH OR HILLIARD OR YULEE, TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THAT BEST FIT WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE COULD TRANSFER BETWEEN MODES.

REALLY LOOKING AT SETTING THOSE CORE NOTED FIRST.

AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A WIDESPREAD.

YOU GOT A BUS STOP EVERY QUARTER MILE TYPE DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S ONE LOCATION WHERE THERE'S A KEY TRANSFER POINT BETWEEN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MODES, SO IT'S NOT WIDESPREAD, IT'S MORE CENTRALIZED NODES WITHIN THE CORRIDORS THAT HAVE KEY JUNCTURE POINTS FOR MULTIPLE MODES.

THEN MOVING INTO LONG TERM SCENARIO.

THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION, AND REALLY JUST EXPANDING TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE FUTURE NEEDS IN THE FIVE TO TEN YEAR TIMELINE.

REALLY FOCUSING ON CONTINUING, IMPROVING THE DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE.

AS MENTIONED, CAN WE INTEGRATE THE APPLICATION TO MAKE IT TRULY AN APP BASED ON DEMAND SERVICE, LEVERAGING THAT COMBINATION OF MICRO-TRANSIT AND PARATRANSIT AND USING TRIP RESERVATIONS, LIVE VEHICLE TRACKING.

SOME OF THOSE FAIR PAYMENT OPTIONS THROUGH AN APPLICATION TO REALLY JUST STREAMLINE THE SERVICE.

RECOMMENDATION 10, IS REALLY IMPROVING THE FREQUENCY OF THE NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT.

AS MENTIONED, IT IS CURRENTLY, AND EVEN IN THE MEDIUM TERM WAS STILL DOING ABOUT FIVE TRIPS A DAY,

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FOCUSING ON THOSE COMMUTER TIMES DURING PEAK RUSH HOUR.

THIS WOULD EXPAND IT TO ABOUT EIGHT ROUND TRIPS PER DAY, CREATING MORE OF A SET SCHEDULE THAT COULD BE ACCESSED AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS SERVICE.

THIS IS, HISTORICALLY BEEN A COMMUTER BASED SERVICE.

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT IT TO MORE OF A FLEX ROUTE OR A MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE SERVICE IN THE FUTURE IF DEMAND WARRANTS.

>> THEN REALLY LOOKING AT FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS, INTRODUCING SOME OF THOSE NEW MODES OF MICRO TRANSIT, MICRO MOBILITY, LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGING SHEARED RIDES OR EMPLOYER SHUTTLES, OR VANPOOLS, TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGESTION FROM PEAK TRAVEL TO THESE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, LOOKING AT THE USE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE ZONE BASED MICRO TRANSITS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

REALLY, THIS IS JUST LONG TERM SCENARIO, LOOKING OUT WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY CAN WE HELP INNOVATE THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITH.

THEN AGAIN, WE JUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THESE HUBS AS THOSE CORE CONNECTION POINTS.

AGAIN, LIMITED LOCATIONS, REALLY THOSE CORES WITHIN THE NETWORK THAT HELP CONNECT THOSE VARIETY OF SERVICES.

AS FAR AS STUDY OUTCOMES, JUST WRAPPING UP, REALLY FOCUSING ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO KEY DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, FOCUSING ON EMPLOYMENT AND JOB CENTERS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN GET TO AND FROM THEIR PLACES OF WORK.

TOURISM AND RECREATION WAS CRITICAL AND THEN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE CORE AREAS FOR EXPANDING SERVICE.

IMPROVING REGIONAL CONNECTIONS WAS A COMMON THEME THAT WE HEARD THROUGHOUT BOTH WITHIN NASSAU COUNTY, CONNECTING THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS EXPANDING INTO SOME OTHER SERVICE AREAS.

INTO JACKSONVILLE, NORTH JACKSONVILLE, THE AIRPORT, AND OTHER AREAS.

THEN MARKETING AND AWARENESS.

REALLY PUSHING IT OUT THERE, AS WE TRANSITION TO THESE FUTURE OPERATIONS, HOW DO WE PROMOTE THE TRANSIT SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE? HOW DO WE GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE, ACCESSIBILITY AND CAN UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES IF THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY TODAY? THIS MAP JUST SHOWS THE VISION WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SHOWN.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE SHOWING THE EXPRESS SELECT SERVICE FROM FERNANDINA BEACH THROUGH UF DOWN TO RIVER CITY MARKETPLACE, THE VA HOSPITAL, AND THEN DOWN INTO JACKSONVILLE.

THE BLUE LINE SHOWS THE FLEX ROUTE THAT WOULD CONNECT SIMILARLY FERNANDINA BEACH TO CALLAHAN UP TO HILLIARD, AND THEN DOWN INTO NORTHERN JACKSONVILLE AND TO ARMSDALE, PARK AND RIDE LOCATION CONNECTING TO THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK.

THEN ACTUALLY, THERE WOULD BE ZONE BASED MICROTRANSIT ON THE FERNANDINA BEACH AMELIA ISLAND SIDE AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE NATURALLY WHERE YOU MIGHT LOCATE SOME OF THESE HUBS FROM THAT STANDPOINT SOMEWHERE WHERE THE GREEN AND THE BLUE LINE START TO SEPARATE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE A NATURAL LOCATION.

WE HAVE A HUB AT ARMSDALE PARK AND RIDE ALREADY, SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE YOU COULD TRANSFER BETWEEN SERVICES, AND THEN JUST STRATEGIC NODES THROUGHOUT IF YOU HAVE A MICROTRANSIT AND A MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE TRANSIT SERVICE, THOSE ARE USUALLY GOOD LOCATIONS THAT COULD THEN LEVERAGE FOR THOSE HUBS.

JUMPING IN THE NEXT STEP. I'M SURE IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, JTA IS ACTUALLY TAKING OVER THE PAIR TRANSIT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE COUNTY STARTING ON OCTOBER 1ST.

THAT'S STRICTLY TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE SERVICES.

WE WILL CONTINUE RUNNING THE NASSAU EXPRESS SELECT AS WELL, SO THAT'S THAT COMMUTER SERVICE.

AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE TAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

WE'RE TARGETING MID OCTOBER RIGHT NOW TO PRESENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN GET THEIR REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY APPROVAL, AND WE'LL COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY ON HOW WE IMPLEMENT THEM.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

>> I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> ONE OF YOUR SLIDES BACK, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DECREASE THE RURAL ROUTES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT?

>> IT'S FUNDING BASED.

THE GRANT FUNDING THAT'S USED FOR THOSE SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO BE UTILIZING THE RURAL AREAS.

IF A TRIP DOESN'T START OR END IN THE RURAL AREA, IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT GRANT FUNDING.

YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE REDUCING THE RURAL SERVICES,

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YOU WOULD JUST BE IN FILLING THE NON RURAL WITH YOUR MICROTRANSIT.

YOU WOULD STILL BE SERVING RURAL.

YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE RURAL TRIPS ARE GRANT-FUNDABLE BECAUSE THAT HELPS ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

>> I WAS IN THAT THE STUDY WHERE YOU ALL CAME TO THE PEC SCHOOL, AND WE STARTED FIRST HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS NOW STARTING TO MATURE AND START TO GET ROLLING.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF UTILIZING RAIL.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT DURING THESE PUBLIC SESSIONS.

IS IT 25 YEARS IN THE FUTURE? I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE A LONG WAY.

THIS IS THOSE FIRST STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TO START WITH.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT RAIL HAS SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA, SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AREA AND SOME OF THE LINKAGES.

WE'VE GOT RAIL ALREADY.

I'VE SEEN THAT JUST WHERE I TAKE AMTRAK DOWN TO KISSIMMEE FOR MEETINGS.

IT'S SO CONVENIENT AND SO EASY TO JUST THEN GET AN UBER OR GO TO YOUR HOTEL, GO TO YOUR MEETING, GET THE UBER, COME BACK, GET ON THE TRAIN, AND IT'S A JOY.

IT'S BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE MULTIPLE MODES TO SERVE THAT.

CAN'T GIVE YOU A DEAD TIMELINE ON THAT.

WE'RE STILL HAVING THOSE SAME CONVERSATIONS IN JACKSONVILLE.

I WILL SAY FOR US, IT WAS WALK BEFORE YOU RUN, AND SO OUR BRT SERVICE WAS MEANT TO MIMIC THE CORRIDORS THAT WE ALSO WERE INTERESTED IN RAIL FOR AND START BUILDING THAT RIDERSHIP, BUILDING THAT COMFORT LEVEL OF UTILIZING TRANSIT WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR.

THAT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD THE CASE FOR FEDERAL GRANTS THAT HELP FUND THE RAIL PORTION OF IT.

INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW FOR RAIL.

WE'RE SEEING TREMENDOUS NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON EXTENSIONS, EXISTING RAIL SERVICE.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGION IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT BRIGHT LINE DOES AS WELL.

THAT'S ANOTHER MAJOR PLAYER IN THIS SPACE.

BUT I WOULD SAY STARTING WITH TRANSIT AND GETTING TRANSIT ON THE GROUND IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO START BUILDING TOWARDS THOSE LONG TERM GOALS FOR MORE ROBUST TRANSIT SERVICES LIKE RAIL.

I THINK IT HELPS BUILD THE CASE, ESPECIALLY ON THE FEDERAL FUNDS.

YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A RIDERSHIP CAPABILITY WITHIN THE CORRIDORS, AND THE EXPRESS SELECT SERVICES, START THAT, AND THEN CAN YOU INCREASE THAT FREQUENCY, START BUILDING THAT RIDERSHIP, AND THEN MAKE THE CASE FOR MORE ROBUST TRANSIT SERVICE?

>> THANK YOU.

>> MR. ANGELET.

>> PROBABLY A STUPID QUESTION, ALEXANDER.

BUT FIRST OFF, WHO FUNDS THE IMPROVEMENTS? IS IT JTA [OVERLAPPING] IMPROVEMENT YOU'RE PROPOSING IN THE FUTURE? IS IT LOCALLY FUNDED OR IS IT THROUGH JTA THE WHOLE PROGRAM?

>> IT IS GRANT FUNDED.

LIKE PARATRANSIT IS TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE, OR STATE FUNDS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED.

BUT THERE IS A LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT ON BASICALLY ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. THE COUNTY CURRENTLY QUALIFIES FOR READY WAIVERS FROM THE STATE, WHICH MEANS SOME GRANT PROGRAMS, THEY DON'T PAY A MATCH AT ALL.

OUR EXPRESS SELECT SERVICE CURRENTLY RUNS GRANT FUNDED 100% COVERED.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE UNLESS THE STATE DECIDES OTHERWISE.

BUT YEAH, SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF GRANT FUNDING AND A LOCAL MATCH ON THAT.

FOR TD SERVICES, IT'S A 10% MATCH ON WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR YOUR PAIR TRANSIT.

WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE SERVICES UPCOMING.

THAT'S WHY WHEN WE SAY, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE REALLY NEED BUY IN FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ACTUALLY GO AND IMPLEMENT BECAUSE OF THAT.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH FUNDING IS, DUVAL DOLLARS CAN'T BE USED IN NASSAU COUNTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER COUNTIES WE SERVE.

IT'S REALLY IDENTIFYING A STRATEGY FOR FUNDING THESE SERVICES LOCALLY.

>> THE REASON I SAY THAT I'LL FOLLOW UP.

I WAS ON THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD FOR NINE YEARS AGO.

I THINK IT WAS THE TPO CAME IN AND GAVE A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION, WHICH I THINK THE COUNTY WOUND UP SPENDING $100,000 ON.

NINE YEARS AGO, WE WERE GOING TO GET A HALF A MILLION.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING WE HAD NINE YEARS AGO.

SO MY POINT BEING IS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD FUNNEL MONEY FOR US AT LEAST IN CERTAIN TARGET AREAS LIKE HERE THAT HAVE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

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MAYBE SOLVE ONE THING VERSUS TRY TO CONQUER EVERYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE GRANTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO SPECIFIC AREAS VERSUS GLOBALLY BECAUSE WE'RE BIG COUNTY, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO LUMP HILLIARD WITH FERNANDAN.

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THOSE BROAD STROKE PAY FOR TRANSIT SERVICE FOR THE COUNTY.

EVERY COUNTY GETS ITS ALLOCATION.

THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TYPICALLY LOOKING AT.

THERE'S ALSO A HUGE POT OF MONEY IN DISCRETIONARY GRANTS THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

THINGS LIKE IF THEY'RE RECENTLY IN JACKSONVILLE, WE APPLY FOR EMERALD TRAIL.

IT'S A MULTI USE TRAIL NETWORK.

WE SAW THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITH ACTIVE MODES.

WE APPLY FOR THAT GRANT FUNDING, AND THEN THAT CAN ALSO BE PULLED INTO SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR AREAS.

>> I'LL FINALLY AND I'LL QUIT AFTER THIS.

BUT DO YOUR PHONES HAVE TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG TRANSIT PROBLEM WITH WOOD COMING ONTO THE ISLAND.

IF SOMEHOW YOU COULD REMOVE THOSE TRUCK TRIPS VIA RAIL WITH THAT, YOU COULD OPEN UP A TON OF CAPACITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.

DO THEY EVER CONSIDER FUNDING NON PEOPLE TRANSPORTATION ITEMS?

>> USUALLY A SEPARATE CATEGORY.

THOSE FALL, STATE ALSO HAS TRUCKING RELATED FUNDS OR RAIL RELATED FUNDS FOR LOGISTICS AND CARGO.

I WILL SAY THERE'S SOME JOINT BENEFITS FROM EVEN IF YOU PERSONALLY MIGHT NOT USE A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT IS HERE.

BUT ANYBODY THAT DOES ALSO HELPS ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT CONGESTION.

THERE'S SOME MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR ANY OF THE USERS THAT ARE LOVING THAT SPACE.

THERE ARE, LOGISTICS BASED GRANTS THAT TPO IS A GOOD RESOURCE FOR THAT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE THAT DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE STATE.

BUT NOW I NOTICE THAT EVERY TIME I'VE COME UP HERE, IT'S GETTING ON 200, THERE'S ALL THE LUMBER TRUCKS GOING TO THE PAPER MILL.

>> DOES THIS REPORT CONSIDER ANY OF THAT?

>> IT DOESN'T BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED MOSTLY ON TRANSIT ON THIS ONE.

>> HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THAT?

>> WHAT REPORT WOULD YOU COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THAT?

>> TO CONSIDER THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ON OUR END, WE'RE MOSTLY THE TRANSIT SIDE.

WE DO SOME ROADWAY WORK ON COMPLETE STREETS, BIKE PATH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

LOGISTICS SIDE, IT'S MOSTLY THE TPO IS WHERE A LOT OF THAT REPORTING IS COMING FROM STUDIES OR THE DOT IS ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE 200 IS A STATE ROAD.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO YOU GAVE A COUNTY WIDE PRESENTATION AND IT IS EXCELLENT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR THINKING ABOUT THAT.

MOST OF US ARE INTERESTED IN A 13 BY FOUR MILE SECTION OF THE COUNTY.

WHAT INTRIGUED ME THE MOST ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WERE YOUR PARTNERSHIPS AND SOME OF THE THINGS WITH RESTAURANTS AND GETTING PEOPLE TO AND FROM.

I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH YOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND YOU WERE DEALING WITH SPRAWL EVERYWHERE.

THAT'S A HARD JOB TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS TO DO THAT IN THE SPRAWL.

WE'RE FOUR MILES WIDE.

THAT'S ALL WE CAN SPRAWL.

I'M INTRIGUED BY WE AREN'T GOING TO ADD MORE PARKING PLACES HERE.

I DON'T THINK, NOT VERY MANY, IF WE DO.

WE DON'T WANT TO WIDEN ANY ROADS.

WE DON'T WANT THEM TO WIDEN THE ROAD ACROSS FROM EAST ON EITHER.

WE WANT THOSE TO BE NARROW ROADS.

THE CITY HAS 12,000 13,000 PEOPLE, AND WE HAD 1.3 MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR, AND THEY ALL CAME IN CARS.

I'M JUST INTRIGUED ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT CREATIVELY THINK ABOUT GETTING THOSE 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE TO NOT TAKE UP PARKING PLACES TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO CONVENIENTLY AND MAYBE EVEN WANT TO DO IT.

EVERYBODY, IF YOU CAN DRIVE, YOU WILL DRIVE.

SOME OF THE I SAW SOME REALLY COOL LOOKING AUTOMATE SELF DRIVING BUSES THERE.

IF YOU COULD BUILD THE TRANSPORTATION INTO THE BRAND OF AN OLD TOWN HISTORIC CITY, IT MIGHT BE A COOL THING TO DO.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO GET PEOPLE ESPECIALLY TOURIST AND PEOPLE WHO COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

WE'RE THE ONE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD HELP MAKE US LESS CAR DEPENDENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPRAWLING.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

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A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TOURISTS COMING IN ARE COMING FROM MAJOR CITIES WHERE THEY'RE USING TRANSPORTATION.

WHY WOULDN'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE WHERE THEY WOULD NATURALLY GRAVITATE TOWARDS THAT? I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, WHEN I TRAVEL, I TEND TO TRY TO USE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RENT A CAR.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT SITUATION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> HE'S RIGHT. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I ASKED WHEN I MOVED HERE FOR PHILADELPHIA.

WHY ARE ALL THE BUSES? THEY WERE LIKE WHAT? NO, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR.

I'M LIKE. WE CAN'T GET A BUS.

>> YOU CAN CAPITALIZE ON THAT.

IF YOU KNOW THAT, TYPE OF PERSON IS COMING HERE, SO HOW DO YOU CATER TO THAT NEED? I THINK WHAT YOU SAID THERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS HOW YOU BLEND NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF A PLACE, SO REALLY BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW YOU APPROACH THAT? WHAT'S THE CONTEXT OF THE TRANSIT NEEDS HERE? WHAT YOU SAID, THE TOURISM MIGHT HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TRANSIT NEED THAN THE RESIDENTS HERE.

HOW DO YOU SERVE BOTH? WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY? THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE DO THAT SPECIFIC TRANSIT TRAIN.

>> I'LL TELL YOU, CAN I KNOW.

>> WE NEED TOURISTS. MAYBE NOT 1.3.

I KEEP FILES ON THIS AND ON OVER TOURISM.

FOLKS WHO LIVE IN BARCELONA ARE NOW USING SQUIRT GUNS TO SHOOT THE TOURISTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK.

THEY'VE RUINED THEIR CITY. I DON'T BLAME THEM.

BUT WE NEED THE TOURIST, AND WE WANT TO BE HOSPITABLE.

WE NEED TO MANAGE THEM AND DO THAT INTELLIGENTLY.

>> I NOTICED ON YOUR INITIAL SLIDES THERE, YOU HAD UNDER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

I THINK IT JUST SAID OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS, BUT THE SHRIMP FEST, WHICH WE ALL KNOW, IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON NOT ONLY JUST ISLAND BUT NOW IT'S REALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP FROM JACKSONVILLE.

>> IT'S HUGE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO SAY FROM EVENT.

YOU GUYS ARE RESPONDING TO THAT SURGE WITH BUSES AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER TRANSPORTATION IN JACKSONVILLE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE VERY SIMILAR TO ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

BEING ABLE TO GET INTO GRIDLOCK.

IT IS JUST THAT NIGHT WHEN WE HAVE FIREWORKS DOWN IN THE AREA, YOU CAN'T MOVE UNTIL AFTER THE FIREWORKS ARE OVER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF HERE.

THAT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS TO THAT ISSUE.

THE OTHER THING THAT MR. GILLETT BROUGHT UP THAT I REALLY THINK HAS AN OPPORTUNITY IS TALKING ABOUT THE CARGO AND THE PRODUCTS, LIKE THE WOOD PULP INDUSTRY AND BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT IN UTILIZED RAIL.

I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL EFFORTS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, DIFFERENT STUDIES OR DIFFERENT GROUPS HAVE LOOKED AT THAT.

BUT NOTHING IS REALLY MATURED.

BUT MAYBE NOW THE TIME IS STARTING TO COME RIGHT FOR THAT.

A LOT OF THAT CARGO IS NOT TIME DEPENDENT.

IT'S BULK CARGO.

AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GET TO A CERTAIN PLACE AT THAT MOMENT. SOME OF IT DOES.

THAT PARK YOU PUT ON A TRUCK AND BRING IT IN.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS I'LL SAY A LOW HANGING FRUIT, BUT CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT.

YOU MIGHT DO THAT AGAIN.

YEAH, NO. AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE OUR SPECIALTY ISN'T IN LOGISTICS, DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO THE DOT FOLKS THAT ARE AND HELP FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I KNOW 200 COMES UP AND ON OUR END, WHEN WE'RE TALKING TRANSIT, IT'S COMMUTER SERVICES AND CONGESTION MITIGATION AND ALLEVIATION ON TRANSIT SIDE, BUT SAME CAN BE SET FOR THE LOGISTICS SIDE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP MAKE THIS.

ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU NEED TO STAND IN THE MEDIAN, RIGHT THERE AS CARS COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON AMELIA ISLAND AND RIGHT THERE AT THE AMELIA ISLAND PARKWAY TO SEE ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES ACROSS THE BRIDGE, TO UNDERSTAND THAT CONGESTION THERE.

AND THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS THANKFULLY, THEY'VE WIDENED 200 GOING OUT TO I 95.

AND I THINK PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THAT NEW TURN THAT EVERYBODY MOVING THROUGH THERE.

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BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE THERE DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, ALL THREE OF THOSE WESTBOUND LANES AT 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, ARE BUMPER TO BUMPER.

AND SO THOSE THREE LANES ON EACH SIDE, THE SIX LANES HAVE NOT BEEN HERE THAT LONG.

AND WE WERE A A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY FOR PROBABLY I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 50 YEARS, 25 YEARS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS.

BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS JUST TWO LANES.

SO THE GROWTH IN THE CONGESTION IS JUST GROWING INCREMENTALLY THROUGH THAT WHOLE AREA THAT YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK TO THAT POINT, YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM TO EXPAND YOUR LANES.

YOU'RE NOW HAVING DEVELOPMENT COME RIGHT UP TO THERE, YOU HAVE THE HOSPITAL, THE ER, [INAUDIBLE] IS NOW ALL DEVELOPED, AND A LOT OF THAT RETAIL IS THERE.

SO NOW IS THE TIME TO START LOOKING AT OTHER SOLUTIONS, WIDENING, LIKE YOU SAID, IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG FOR WHEN YOU ADD A LANE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND USE THAT LANE.

GENERALLY, YOU CREATE A EFFICIENT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO THERE NATURALLY.

IT'S THE TERM THEY USE IT INDUCE DEMAND IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.

REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE TRANSIT SOLUTIONS NOW IS GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE FUTURE AND ALLEVIATING THAT CONGESTION BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WE RUN OUT OF SPACE TO BUILD THOSE LANES.

[INAUDIBLE].

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, KELLY.

I HAVE ONE. AND I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE HIT ON THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE AN INTEREST IN.

UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF TOURISM POPULATION, AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS IT'S NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYMENT HUB FOR THE AREA.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING HERE AND WORKING HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS THAT ARE HERE.

THE DEMAND FOR THAT FIRST AND LAST MILE TRIP IS TREMENDOUS.

I AGREE THAT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO PREPARE OURSELVES TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN GET THAT TYPE OF SERVICE GOING QUICKLY, TO SUPPORT OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO REALLY NEED IT MOST SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO RELY ON A PERSONAL VEHICLE.

ABSOLUTELY. I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF GRANT PROGRAMS. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ACTUALLY NO MATCH THAT ARE GOOD FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO THERE'S THINGS FROM DOT LIKE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THAT ALLOW YOU TO OPERATE A SERVICE FOR THREE YEARS.

THAT CAN GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO START TESTING OUT THAT SERVICE, BUILD THAT CONSENSUS FOR IT, AND THEN THAT ALLOWS YOU TO THEN, MAKE THAT PITCH TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED AND WE SHOULD FUND IT IN THE LONG TERM.

AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF THE STRATEGY.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS AND FUNDS OUT THERE FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.

I THINK ON THE MUNICIPALITY SIDE, IT'S JUST THAT LOCAL MATCH.

HOW DO YOU CONTRIBUTE THE PIECE OF THESE GRANT FUNDS THAT WILL LONGEVITY, SUSTAIN THAT SERVICE.

TO THAT POINT, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP OR DO THAT NOW.

IT WOULD REALLY JUST DEPEND ON RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW MUCH VALUE THAT THE BUSINESSES SEE WITHIN THAT SERVICE AS WELL.

I THINK IT KIND OF TIES INTO HOW DO WE MARKET THIS? HOW DO WE ADVERTISE IT? AND HOW DO WE SHOW THAT THERE IS A BENEFIT AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS SERVICE TO GET TO THEIR BUSINESSES? IT'S DRAWING, BUSINESS FOR THEM, IT'S PROVIDING A SERVICE TO YOUR RESIDENTS, AND HOW DOES IT KIND OF CREATE THIS NATURAL ECOSYSTEM OR MOVING AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY? ALEXANDER TO KELLY'S QUESTION TOO, MY SENSE IN LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION IS THAT YOU COME INTO A PLACE AND YOU SEE WHAT'S THERE AND YOU SEE THAT IT'S GROWN, AND THEN YOU SAY, OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? WHEREAS IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PART OF WHAT KELLY IS ASKING TOO, AND I DON'T SPEAK OF KELLY, IT'S OKAY, WE WANT TO DO SOME STUFF HERE.

WE WANT THIS CITY, AND HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

CAN YOU COME AND SIT AT THE TABLE WITH US? ABSOLUTELY.

AND HELP US DO THAT.

DON'T COME IN AND THEN TRY TO MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT HELP US NOT GET TO THAT POINT.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S A KEY POINT.

AS A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TRANSIT PLANNER, WE'RE GENERALLY WORKING IN A PREDEFINED SPACE.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS TODAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USUALLY BASING OUR DECISIONS OFF OF.

BUT NO, I THINK THERE'S ABSOLUTELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK AT FERNANDINA BEACH AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.

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AGAIN, THIS WAS THE COUNTY AND JTA PARTNER TO DO THIS COUNTY WIDE STUDY, BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC NEEDS, AND WE CAN HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO HAVE US AND HELP PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THAT AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS FOR HOW WE BETTER SERVE THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY GENERAL IDEAS ON THE PRICING FOR THESE SERVICES? WE HAVE WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN THEM TODAY IN JACKSONVILLE, AND THOSE ARE BASED ON A LOT OF THE CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING.

SO IT'S GENERALLY A COST PER TRIP.

SO THAT'S WHY THE ZONE BASED MICROTRANSIT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT WHERE TRADITIONAL TRANSIT BUSES, WERE PAYING OPERATING COSTS FOR THOSE BUSES THE ENTIRE TIME THEY'RE OPERATING.

FOR A DRIVER FUEL, IT'S MOVING UP AND DOWN, IT'S RUNNING A FIXED ROUTE.

MICRO TRANSIT THROUGH OUR CONTRACTS, WE'RE PAYING PER TRIP OR BY SERVICE HOURS.

SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THAT STANDPOINT ON HOW MUCH SERVICE WE CAN GET FOR A SET COST.

I WILL SAY SOME OF OUR EXPIRING CONTRACTS COMING UP.

SO SOME OF OUR EARLIER MODELS THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AROUND $40 A TRIP IS WHAT IT'S COSTING US.

AGAIN, THAT'S OFFSET BY GRANT FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER THAN WHAT RUNNING A FIXED ROUTE TRANSIT SERVICE.

AND WHAT IS YOUR AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH ON THAT? I'D HAVE TO SEE BY ZONE, IT WOULD VARY.

DOWNTOWN OR? YEAH. WE HAVE 14 ZONES IN JACKSONVILLE.

[INAUDIBLE] $40 IS BLENDED? NO. SO IT'S TRIPS WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC ZONE.

SO THE ZONE IS ROUGHLY 10 SQUARE MILES, SO NOTHING MORE THAN 10 MILES, BUT I DON'T THINK.

TYPICALLY, IT'S A COUPLE MILES ON THAT TRIP LENGTH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

[BACKGROUND] ITEM 4.2,

[4.2 Continue Board Discussion to amend or Parking Standards and Parking Minimums with Staff Presentation of preliminary research outcomes and suggested areas for consideration of future code changes.]

CONTINUE OUR BOARD DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PARKING STANDARDS.

WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION OUR LAST MEETING.

KELLY AND HER STAFF HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT MODIFYING SOME OF THE TABLES, FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.

SO KELLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF THIS.

MARGARET IS GOING TO HELP GET YOU STARTED WITH THIS.

HI. I AM MARGARET PEARSON, WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

WE SWITCH. SWITCHING GEARS.

YOU ARE [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE SWITCHING GEARS FROM TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO NEED TO PARK TO WHEN THEY DO NEED TO PARK, THAT WE PROVIDE THEM WITH ARE WE REQUIRING THE ADEQUATE PARKING AND THAT THE PARKING IS ALIGNED WITH THE BUSINESSES AND NOT HAVING MORE PARKING THAN WHAT WE NEED.

AS KELLY HAD MENTIONED AT YOUR LAST MEETING THAT OUR PLANNING INTERN, ALISIA HAMMER WAS WORKING ON RESEARCHING OTHER CITIES ORDINANCES TO SEE WHAT THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS WERE AND HOW THEY REGULATED THE PARKING.

AND SO BECAUSE PARKING CAN BE VERY COMPLICATED DEPENDING ON THE BUSINESS, AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCENARIOS, THE RESEARCH WAS LIMITED TO SOME USES IN BUSINESSES THAT WE KNEW WE WERE ALREADY SEEING A TREND OF NEEDING MORE PARKING, LESS PARKING.

AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR VARIANCES, OR EXCEPTIONS.

SO WE TRIED TO FOCUS IT ON THOSE USES TO START WITH, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER USES IN THE FUTURE.