Urban Jacksonville » trolley http://www.urbanjacksonville.info A blog about Downtown Jacksonville, Springfield and other urban neighborhoods Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:10:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Trolley now rolls through Riverside, but at weird times http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2008/03/19/trolley-now-rolls-through-riverside-but-at-weird-times/ http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2008/03/19/trolley-now-rolls-through-riverside-but-at-weird-times/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:50:43 +0000 Joey Marchy http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2008/03/19/trolley-now-rolls-through-riverside-but-at-weird-times/ Trolley in Jacksonville

The Riverside Avondale Preservation blog reported yesterday the new Riverside Trolley service is set to begin running Monday, May 5, 2008. When I read that I was like “Oh hell yeah! Public transportation for Riverside to Downtown commuters. Nice move COJ and JTA. Way to support public transportation.”

Then I read a little further and got to the operating hours:

Monday – Friday from 10:45 am to 2:30 pm

Riverside Trolley map

Huh? My first thought was “What about the people who live in Riverside and work Downtown and what about the weekends!” I was pretty angry thinking JTA is missing a great opportunity to encourage public transportation for people who live in Riverside and work downtown. Not to mention no weekend hours. Sheesh.

Then I realized JTA would seriously cannibalize their bus fares during those peak hours. With trolley rates at $0.50 per rider and bus fares at $1.00 they’d be losing $0.50 cent per rider.

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