Why the Jacksonville Skyway failed

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The Jacksonville Skyway has been the subject of criticism since its inception. This downtown, elevated, driverless transportation system is one of the few examples of an Automated People Mover built in the US with support from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (the others being Miami’s Metromover and the Detroit People Mover).

Like most transportation systems from its era, the original plan was a lot more ambitious and comprehensive than the one that ended up being built. Almost 40 years later, Miami’s downtown people mover is seeing soon-to-come expansions while the Skyway might be scrapped for an automated mini-shuttle bus.

What caused The Skyway to fail? This video explores the history of Jacksonville, redlining, racism, car-centric suburbia, and the death of a downtown.


References and other links:
Pictures of The Skyway - University of North Florida Digital Commons Lawrence V. Smith Image Collection - https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/lawren...

Jacksonville Zoning Maps - University of North Florida Digital Commons - George W. Simons, Jr Planning Collection - https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/simons/

Historic Images of Jacksonville - Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/research-centers/...

Aerial Photographs - University of Florida Maps & Imagery Library - https://maps.uflib.ufl.edu/

Drone Footage - Mark Guillete -    / mjguillette  

Redlining Maps - Mapping Inequality Project University of Richmond - https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...

Map of Florida - US Geological Survey - https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/flo...

Pictures of Jacksonville - Lance Asper - Asper Productions - https://unsplash.com/@lance_asper

History of the UMTA Dowoton People Mover Program -
https://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/it...

University of Oklahoma - https://iqc.ou.edu/2014/12/18/60yrsso...

Footage of The Skyway -    • An Unlikely Transit in Florida: The S...  


Music:
RoyaltyFreePlanet -    • Stevia Sphere – Nostalgia [Vaporwave]...  

Quincas Moreira - Beijaflor -    / @quincasmoreira