Bernard Schmidt resigns as JTA automation and innovation vice president

Bernard Schmidt, Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s vice president of automation and innovation and the executive who led the Skyway modernization Ultimate Urban Circulator project, has resigned. Read the letter Read a PDF of the resignation letter hereIn his letter, Schmidt said a recent reorganization at JTA put Senior Vice President and Chief Infrastructure & Development Officer Greer Johnson Gillis in charge of the automation division. The JTA executive’s letter compliments his automation and innovation team, Ford and JTA’s current and past board of directors. U2C project continuingIn an emailed statement July 12, JTA spokesperson John Finotti said the U2C project will continue to move forward. Schmidt said May 31 the innovation corridor will also need cabling, camera systems and new interactive U2C stops along Bay Street.