Scenic Jacksonville

Social Justice - Not in Jacksonville

By clicking on their names you can hear and see Tracey Arpen and Diane Melendez speaking. Jacksonville citizens address the two Jacksonvilles:  the first comprised of privileged areas (like Ortega, described by Barbara Ketchum) that will not be subjected to advertising on bus shelters directed to passing motorists, and the second made up areas (like Myrtle Avenue, represented by Celia Miller and Levoyus Partlow, and Murray Hill, represented by John Allmand) that may lack the political clout to avoid the unwanted ad assault. 

Ad Assault:  It is shocking

that JTA plans to line our roadways with 1500 commercial ads on transit shelters oriented to Jacksonville motorists. Even a billboard industry expert (see below) has noted the driver distraction caused by these roadside ads.  This totally unnecessary action, if approved by the JTA Board of Directors, will uglify Jacksonville's roadways with advertisements like these: 

There are ample resources, including funding, available to build a handicapped-accessible shelter for every location that meets its criteria.  For some reason, though, JTA has failed to provide the needed shelters.  Tell JTA what you think.  Coming soon:  a report on JTA's $3,000,000.00 savings in the last fiscal year!

Check out what Clear Channel's expert had to say about bus shelter advertising

This expert report, filed by Clear Channel Outdoor in an Arizona court, discusses the dangers inherent to bus shelter advertising. Exhibit one is a CV.  Here are exhibits two, three and four. This report led one Pima County Judge to conclude that "street furniture ads are equally or more distracting to drivers than billboards." Here is an almost identical report, by the same expert, filed in Clear Channel's litigation with the City of New York.

Why is there a dead tree stump in this City planter along Hogan Street?

Shouldn't it contain a tree?  To report dead and/or missing trees on City property in your area, contact 630-CITY, or click here.

San Francisco Votes to Limit Advertising on Bus Shelters!  November 4, 2009.

Proposition E, a bill prohibiting an increase in the number of advertising signs on street furniture (i.e. bus shelters) throughout the City, passed by a landslide 57% of the vote.  The bill also prohibits new advertising signs on ALL buildings within the City, even those owned by the City.