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City of Jacksonville Policy Framework for Transit-Oriented Development Can TOD Really Be Effective in Jacksonville? In a word, yes. Jacksonville actually has a long history as a thriving transit city. Trains and street railroads played an integral part in the city’s early development. Jacksonville’s first train station opened in 1858, and as the city grew, so did its rail infrastructure. Boasting one of the best natural harbors in the Southeast, Jacksonville quickly became an important destination for people and goods from around Florida, the South, and the East Coast. At the peak of the railroad era in Jacksonville, the City’s rail terminal (now the Prime Osborne Convention Center) could accommodate more than 200 trains per day and served as many as 100,000 passengers per day. At that time, local street railroads were the primary means of connecting Jacksonville’s urban and suburban neighborhoods. The first streetcars were powered by mules and horses, but by 1895 the city’s streetcar fleet was entirely electric. At its pinnacle, the Jacksonville street railway network extended over 59 miles of track, served by 101 passenger cars. The streetcars were largely responsible for Jacksonville’s earliest suburban developments: Riverside, Springfield, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, San Marco, and Fairfield were all “streetcar suburbs” oriented to the popular transit service. The Riverside Avenue street car line radiating out of downtown (upper right corner) gives rise to ‘streetcar neighborhoods.’ Close up from a 1893 map of Jacksonville by Augustus Koch, US Library of Congress archives. San Marco Main Street, Jacksonville Springfield, Jacksonville 14 | What is Required to Make TOD Work
City of Jacksonville Policy Framework for Transit-Oriented Development The vast network of streetcars and intercity railroads have had a lasting effect on central Jacksonville’s urban form. The streetcar neighborhoods retain a high level of street connectivity, transit-supportive densities, and ample pedestrian facilities. These neighborhoods demonstrate that transit-friendly development patterns are viable and liveable in Jacksonville, and they are appropriate areas for redevelopment TOD projects. Similarly, suburban greenfield TOD projects can support high quality transit service in other burgeoning parts of the region. Several cities across the U.S. are reinvesting in streetcars, historic and modern, as part of their premium public transportation network. The cities of Tampa and Charlotte restored historic streetcar routes in their city centers. The city of Portland realized the revival of the Pearl District by investing in a new streetcar route through the district. Downtown Jacksonville Streetcar Railroad Ports Bridges Jacksonville’s origins are closely tied to many transportation and transit investments illustrated in the above 1893 map of Jacksonville by Augustus Koch, US Library of Congress archives. What is Required to Make TOD Work | 15
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