There will soon be a leadership change at the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, with current CEO Nat Ford set to step down in January.
Ford has been one of the biggest supporters of the U2C urban circulator project and its NAVI autonomous shuttle program over the past several years, despite some of their controversies, like cost overruns, low ridership, and questions surrounding the NAVI shuttles’ self-driving capabilities.
The NAVI system was also counting on the construction of the Holon autonomous shuttle manufacturing plant, which was supposed to break ground earlier this year…