The jacksonville transportation authority will implement the first coast commuter rail transit oriented development project along the first coast flyer green line a 10-mile bus rapid transit line with…

Federal Grant Award Summary

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) received a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500), awarded on August 19, 2025, with a completion date of March 30, 2032. This grant funds the First Coast Commuter Rail Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Pilot Study, a planning initiative focused on maximizing the economic and ridership potential of the First Coast Flyer Green Line, a 10-mile bus rapid transit corridor with 5.5 miles of dedicated lanes that opened in 2015 and serves key employment, educational, and residential areas in Northwest Jacksonville.

The grant deliverables encompass comprehensive TOD planning activities designed to enhance economic development, boost ridership, and facilitate multimodal connectivity along the transit corridor. Key services include identifying infrastructure needs, planning mixed-use development opportunities, assessing pedestrian and bicycle access improvements, and developing actionable plans that encourage private sector participation and investment. The planning study will produce a strategic framework that incorporates transit-oriented growth while addressing accessibility, mobility, and livability objectives for the Jacksonville community along the Green Line corridor.

Activities

The JTA TOD pilot study is a transformative initiative designed to achieve several key objectives. IT aims to enhance economic development boost ridership and achieve project development goals ensuring a thriving transit-oriented community. The study also prioritizes multimodal connectivity making various transportation modes seamlessly accessible and encourages pedestrian and bicycle traffic to increase access to transit hubs. With a focus on mixed-use development the project creates vibrant well-rounded communities that blend housing commerce and services. By identifying essential infrastructure needs IT provides a comprehensive actionable plan and private sector participation is encouraged to secure investments for development. Ultimately the JTA TOD pilot study seeks to create a more accessible and economically vibrant urban environment enhancing mobility access and livability for the jacksonville community.

Expected outcomes

Transit-oriented development (TOD) planning on the first coast flyer (FCF) greenline BRT corridor aims to improve economic development and transit ridership facilitate multimodal connectivity and accessibility increase access to transit from non-motorized transportation enable mixed-use development identify infrastructure needs and facilitate both public and private sector involvement in the TOD planning process. This grant will allow JTA and its partners to start planning for growth in this area that maximizes the full potential of the BRT system while shaping growth in a way that incorporates TOD. JTA envisions a fully optimized BRT network with dedicated lanes through each BRT corridor as well as all of the additional BRT amenities that facilitate an efficient BRT system and advance the regions economic social and environmental goals.

Intended beneficiaries

Our customers and community partners within the jacksonville urbanized area and our regional partnerships.