The Jacksonville Transportation Authority is showing off the self-driving vehicles it plans to roll out downtown next year.

Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is asking riders to use their MyJTA app on their phones to help save money starting May 1.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) will be debuting its very first autonomous shuttle at FSCJ’s downtown campus on Tuesday.

Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO Nat Ford explains the future of transportation projects in our city now that the gas tax bill has been approved. He said we could start seeing improvements as early as this summer.

On this edition of “This Week in Jacksonville,” Northside Coalition President Ben Frazier and Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police President Steve Zona each discuss the impact of the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin verdict. Then Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute Director Rick Mullaney joins the show as Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO Nat Ford and Jacksonville Civil Council Chairman John Delaney each discuss the city’s infrastructure needs and the proposed gas tax increase.

Members of Jacksonville City Council on Wednesday morning started to hear from stakeholders in the proposed gas tax increase and how the money would be used for infrastructure needs across the city, including a massive expansion of the polarizing Skyway.

A study by the University of North Florida found the proposed increase in the Jacksonville gas tax would generate an economic impact of more than $1.6 billion and create more than 7,600 jobs.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The future of the skyway may not be in the sky but on the ground. On Thursday, the head of Jacksonville Transportation Authority Nat Ford updated the plans for the downtown people mover. The proposed doubling of the local gas tax from 6 to 12 cents would go to fund an expansion of the skyway from 2.5 miles to 10 miles. Now, JTA planners said we could see driverless cars tied into the skyway system. AdAs for the gas tax hike to fund all of this, the legislation would have to be approved by the city council and that’s expected to be presented next month.

Standing in front of a current road project on Collins Road, Curry called this the “Jobs for Jax” program, Curry said it will not only pay for long-overdue projects, including getting homes off septic tanks. By fully leveraging the gas tax like other major cities in Florida do, we can make substantial progress...” Curry said. JTA CEO Nat Ford discussed it on last Sunday’s This Week in Jacksonville program and the City Council began discussing the plan on Tuesday. “There’s no good time for a gas tax,” Council President Tommy Hazouri said. Curry is expected to present the legislation to City Council next month, which could pass it as soon as May.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute Director Rick Mullaney guest hosts this edition of “This Week In Jacksonville.”Mullaney sits down with JTA CEO Nat Ford to discuss the gas tax increase proposal. Also, JEA CEO Jay Stowe talks about the new direction of the utility.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This week, the city unveiled a monumental and potentially transformative proposal for a gas tax increase to help address infrastructure needs in Duval County. The tax — which would double the local gas tax from 6 to 12 cents per gallon — would generate nearly a billion dollars over 25 years. Ford said a gas tax is the best way to fund the city’s infrastructure needs because it acts as a “user fee.” Clay County and Nassau County already have a 12-cent gas tax, Ford said. “It’s going directly to transportation projects, so I think there’s a direct line edge between the source and the actual use in terms of gas tax,” Ford said. AdCouncil members say doubling the gas tax is going to fuel a lot of debate, particularly at this time during the pandemic and with prices on the rise anyway.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority plans to open a Skyway passenger station at the edge of the growing Brooklyn neighborhood by September -- its first new station since the city’s existing elevated rail system was completed 25 years ago. It will link to the Central Skyway Station at West Bay and Lee streets in LaVilla and continue on to the existing Downtown and San Marco stations. Passenger parking will be provided at an existing JTA surface lot off Riverside Avenue. Two refurbished Skyway trains will be used for the station wrapped in a “Brooklyn Shuttle theme,” according to a JTA project summary obtained by the Jacksonville Daily Record. “There’s no better destination right now than the activity that’s happening in Brooklyn.”Shuttles will connect from the Brooklyn Station to carry people deeper into Riverside.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The News4Jax I-TEAM is learning more about the process keeping city bus drivers behind the wheel despite safety violations. The News4Jax I-TEAM found a JTA bus operator who was hired back after a grievance hearing. According to JTA, the driver's union appealed her firing again and she was still employed with the JTA. Silney is the operator involved in a crash where Jeanie Rozar was entangled, run over and killed by a JTA bus. The I-TEAM found the same supervisor was involved in hiring back both of the bus drivers.