Bay Street Innovation Corridor

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The Bay Street Innovation Corridor is a transformative project integrating innovation and emerging technologies into public transportation, demonstrating a national model for the deployment of autonomous transit vehicles.

What is the Bay Street Innovation Corridor?

The Bay Street Innovation Corridor (BSIC) is the first phase of the three-phase U2C project.
The BSIC is a federally and locally funded project that will introduce autonomous vehicles to downtown Jacksonville.
The autonomous vehicles will initially operate in mixed traffic in curbside lanes along Bay Street for three miles from Pearl Street east to TIAA Bank Field, extending through the Jacksonville urban core.
This will connect residential areas and businesses along Bay Street to the Sports and Entertainment Complex.
The BSIC will also include street-level improvements, Smart Technology, as well as the Autonomous Innovation Center, an operations and maintenance building.

How is the BSIC being constructed?

The BSIC is being constructed using a progressive design-build method that offers options for the operation and maintenance of the entire system. In January 2022, Balfour Beatty Construction LLC was awarded the contract.

Public Meetings

There are currently no meetings scheduled.

Vehicles

14 autonomous transit vehicles
10 minute vehicle headway
Vehicle charging stations
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Communications

Technology

Dynamic Signals
Connected Intersections
Integrated Data Change
Pedestrian Sensors
Flood Warning Sensors

Infrastructure

Three miles of at-grade service
Multiple roadway surfaces
Autonomous Innovation Center, an operation and maintenance center on Jefferson Street

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