I grabbed a few pics of the new JTA bus shelter being unveiled today. What are your thoughts? I’m reserving judgment for a bit. If you want to see them, get down to Bay and Main in Downtown Jacksonville. There’s also a media event this morning at 10am.

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• Unveiling of JTA’s first new downtown bus shelters
• Wednesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. JTA representatives will be onsite until 11
  a.m. to answer questions.
• Northeast corner of Bay and Main streets

In partnership with the Downtown Development Review Board, the new shelters were designed to reflect the character of the Downtown area and to support JTA’s green initiatives. Special features of the shelters include solar lighting, mesh walls for better air circulation, new trash receptacles, bike racks and maps of the entire JTA system.

The paint used on the shelters consists of low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which minimizes the negative effects paint can have on air quality. Some of the shelters also incorporate panels that can accommodate advertising.

This is the first of 24 new shelters to be installed downtown with 50 additional shelters coming online throughout the JTA service area.

Another phase of the Downtown shelter project will be the placement of 30 shelters for bus rapid transit along the BRT alignment in Downtown scheduled for completion in late 2012.