JTA provides community updates on automated shuttle system

Design of the first phase of the Ultimate Urban Circulator includes a 3-mile route with 14 shuttles and 12 stops.


  • By Ric Anderson
  • | 12:14 p.m. May 13, 2024
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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority held a community meeting about its Ultimate Urban Connector project at the Jacksonville Main Library on May 13. The project is an eventual replacement for the Downtown Skyway.
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority held a community meeting about its Ultimate Urban Connector project at the Jacksonville Main Library on May 13. The project is an eventual replacement for the Downtown Skyway.
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Blocks from the construction site of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s Autonomous Innovation Center, the JTA held events May 13 to update the community on its Ultimate Urban Circulator project.

The U2C is envisioned as a network of autonomous shuttles that will operate Downtown and eventually connect to Riverside, Springfield and San Marco, plus to JTA bus terminals that provide regional mobility. It would  eventually replace the Downtown Skyway monorail system.

JTA staff and contractors in the project were on hand at the Main Library for the community events, which offered an overview of the U2C and provided stations where participants could ask questions about the system’s design, vehicles and other technology.

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