First Coast Flyer

First Coast Flyer
Overview
System	Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Status	Operating
Began service	December 7, 2015
Routes
Routes	2
Locale	Jacksonville, Florida
Stations	23 (as of May 2016[update])

The First Coast Flyer is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jacksonville, Florida. It is operated by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA). The first phase, including stations in Downtown Jacksonville and the northbound Green Line, opened in December 2015, with the southbound Blue Line opening under the second phase about a year after the first phase. Additional phases are scheduled to be complete by 2019.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority began studying building a rapid transit system for Jacksonville in 2000, and identified bus rapid transit as the best fit for some corridors. The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization added the BRT system to the city's long-range plan. After years of planning, the system, named the First Coast Flyer, broke ground in 2014 with transit improvements in Downtown Jacksonville. The system opened on December 7, 2015, with service Downtown and on the Green Line, running north to Interstate 295. About a year after the system opened, the Blue Line opened for service, running south to The Avenues at the intersection of U.S. 1 (Philips Highway) and Southside Boulevard near Interstate 95.

Currently, the First Coast Flyer serves stations in Downtown Jacksonville and along the Green and Blue Lines.

Downtown service runs on Northbound and Southbound routes, and features twelve stations and dedicated lanes for its buses. Downtown service will ultimately run from the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center (planned for the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center), north to the Rosa Parks Transit Station, and south to a station at Kings Avenue on the Southbank.

...
Wikipedia