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The next steps to that goal are already in the works . JTA has signed an $ 8 million agreement with Clean Energy to build a compressed natural gas ( CNG ) fueling station at the Authority ' s operations campus on the outskirts of downtown Jacksonville . This is part of the Authority ' s transition to the cleaner-burning fuel for its bus fleet . In November , JT A will take possession of the first of 100 CNG buses it has ordered over the next five years .
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Nathaniel Nat Ford ,
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JTA , Jacksonville Transportation Renaissance in Northeast Florida
Jacksonville , Florida February 2015
A Clean Energy compressed natural gas fueling station similar to what will be built for JT A .
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Clean Energy will build the fueling infrastructure , modify the maintenance buildings , and design and construct the parking areas . The CNG facility will be open to the public , and JTA guaranteed it will purchase a minimum quantity of fuel over 15 years . stop signs
Many of those CNG buses will be used on the JT A ' s new bus rapid transit system - the First Coast Flyer . Construction has begun on the first leg of the multi-corridor system in the downtown core . The downtown leg is getting miles of new sidewalk , shelter upgrades , real-time bus arrival information and signal improvements . The North corridor is moving quickly towards its construction