Are We Repeating the Skyway Mistake? The Shocking Truth About Jacksonville’s Autonomous Shuttle

About this episode

The episode explores the challenges and costs associated with Jacksonville's autonomous shuttle system, NAVI, and features insights from journalist David Bauerlein.

Is Jacksonville’s $370-a-Ride Transit Bet a Bust? Today we dive deep into Jacksonville’s bold experiment with autonomous transportation — NAVI — a cutting-edge, self-driving shuttle system meant to revolutionize downtown transit. But with only 76 daily riders and a staggering $370-per-passenger cost, is it already headed for the scrap heap? Joining us is veteran journalist David Bauerlein from the Florida Times-Union, whose relentless reporting exposes the real numbers, political infighting, ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Miller, Mike Tolbert, Mike Hightower

Guest: David Bauerlein

Topics covered

• autonomous transportation
• Jacksonville
• public transit
• cost analysis
• political infighting

Keywords

• autonomous shuttle
• Jacksonville transit
• NAVI
• public transportation
• cost per passenger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Florida Times-Union

Products: NAVI

Places: Jacksonville

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