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Fruit Cove, FL · Traffic & Transit
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‘Hurt and blindsided’: Laid-off JTA employee says employees were given severance packets, escorted out of headquarters
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority is cutting hundreds of jobs to close a $39 million budget gap, and some of those employees say the impact was immediate and unexpected. News4JAX spoke with one laid-off JTA employee who said workers were blindsided by the cuts. “Employees are feeling...
The Florida Times-Union
Nat Ford will get another month of CEO-level pay amid JTA crisis
Outgoing Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO Nat Ford will keep drawing his CEO-level paychecks for another month even as JTA deals with a financial crisis that will force up to 194 layoffs and cuts in transit services. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board voted July 21 to hire Ford as its CEO with a starting date at DART on Oct. 26. Ford meanwhile is slated to continue working for JTA through Oct. 21 in an as-needed advisory role to interim CEO Cleveland Ferguson. Ford's pay at JTA is based on an annual $475,904 salary which translates to almost $40,000 per month. He also gets paid $1,000 per month to cover fuel, maintenance, tires, insurance and other costs for use of a personal vehicle, according to his employment agreement. City Council member Rory Diamond, who is the council liaison to JTA, said Ford should resign from JTA sooner rather than later. "I think it's time," Diamond said. "I think Nat should head on to Dallas and we can clean up this mess. We have to live up to whatever our contractual obligations are, but other that that, to me it's ridiculous." The JTA board promoted Ferguson on Aug. 27 to be interim
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Jacksonville City Council approves 15 mph e-bike speed limit for sidewalks, shared paths
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An e-bike rider traveling on a Jacksonville sidewalk could soon have a new speed limit to follow: 15 mph. The Jacksonville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve new regulations for electric bicycles, ending months of debate over how the city should address the growing use of e-bikes on sidewalks and shared-use paths.
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Former JTA board member says she warned officials about agency’s financial situation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Reactions continued to pour in after the Jacksonville Transportation Authority announced plans to cut roughly 150 positions and reduce services as it works to trim $39 million from its budget. A former JTA board member and some city leaders say the agency’s financial struggles did not...
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JTA Suspends Skyway, Pauses NAVI Shuttles in $39M Budget Overhaul
Jacksonville's Skyway monorail will stop carrying passengers beginning November 2, part of a sweeping $39 million reduction to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority's fiscal year 2027 budget that also pauses the NAVI autonomous shuttle program and changes weekday bus service. The cuts, detailed by News4JAX, include reductions to the Jacksonville Transportation...
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Jacksonville gas prices climb to $4.36 a gallon as Florida diesel hits record high
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Filling up the tank is becoming a bigger expense for Jacksonville drivers, with regular gas averaging $4.36 a gallon on Friday and diesel reaching a record high statewide. According to AAA, Jacksonville’s average price for regular gasoline increased 4 cents overnight, up from $4.32 Thursday.
The Florida Times-Union
E-bike regulation would set 15 mph speed limit on sidewalks
Families whose children ride e-bikes could be held responsible in court with fines and jail time if their children go faster than 15 mph on sidewalks in proposed regulations that Jacksonville City Council will vote on Sept. 22. Whether the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office will enforce the local regulation is an open question because the city has no immediate plans to install signs with the 15 mph speed limit along the sidewalks where people typically ride e-bikes around neighborhoods. The Sheriff's Office says it would be hard to justify issuing citations if there aren't signs alerting e-bike riders about the speed limit. The legislation filed by City Council member Michael Boylan won support from three council committees on its way to a vote by the full council. He said he's gotten more public feedback in support of the bill than any single piece of legislation he's put forward. "People are just saying we've got to do something," he told council members. Here's how the regulations in the bill (2026-570) would apply within the city limits of Jacksonville. Maximum speed on sidewalks Boylan originally sought a 10 mph limit for e-bikes on sidewalks but changed it to 15 mph because that's the
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JTA Financial Crisis: Mayor backs JTA Board, as council says it’s not eyeing ‘punitive’ measures
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority is preparing to lay off nearly 200 employees and cut services to address a $40 million budget deficit. Former board member Megan Hayward is calling for investigations into the agency's financial management. Meanwhile, City Council President Nick Howland plans to convene a committee to rework the local gas tax to stabilize funding.
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Speeding Drivers Terrorize Oceanway Middle Crossing Guard, Parents Demand Fix
A crossing guard outside Oceanway Middle School in Jacksonville's Northside neighborhood says she has been nearly hit by drivers four separate times while trying to get students safely across Oceanway Avenue at its intersection with Magnolia Avenue. Phyllis Seligman, who has volunteered at the crossing for two years, says the danger has become routine, not rare.
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San Jose Boulevard ramp to I-295 North to close overnight Monday and Tuesday, FDOT says
During installation of pavement markings on I-295 North, the ramp from San Jose Boulevard (State Road 13) to I-295 North will close nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21 and Tuesday, Sept. 22.
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Sources: JTA planning sweeping layoffs, major project changes, funding shift due to financial issues
Action News Jax has learned that the Jacksonville Transportation Authority is prepared to take drastic action to get out of a financial hole, including widespread layoffs to address mounting financial troubles.