If approved as part of its proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, JTA would raise the base bus fare from $1.75 to $2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
JTA said it would be the agency’s first base fare increase in more than seven years, happening just twice since 2012.<\/p>\n
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When compared to single-ride public transportation fares in other Florida cities, JTA pointed out that Jacksonville charges less. Miami\u00a0charges $2.25<\/a>, and Orlando charges $2.00.<\/a><\/p>\n “Fare revenues account for about 6 percent of JTA\u2019s budget, one of the lowest among peer agencies in the Southeast. Fares are about 10 percent of operating costs for peer agencies,” JTA wrote in a press release.<\/p>\n However, JTA isn’t just looking to raise the normal single-ride fare. Prices would either stay the same or go up across the board, including for the St. Johns River Ferry and paratransit Connexion services.<\/p>\n If approved, the fare changes would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n There will be another jump in some prices before January 1 hits. A pilot program<\/a> approved by JTA board members at the end of 2025 temporarily brought the single-ride bus fare down to $1. That will go back up to $1.75 on August 1, according to a chart released by the agency. It also plans to bring back the fare to ride the NAVI.<\/a><\/p>\n Certain routes will be altered or eliminated as well. Routes 25, 32 and 82 are up for elimination due to low ridership, according to JTA.<\/p>\n Community members are invited to attend a series of public meetings throughout July on the proposed changes:<\/p>\n Tuesday, July 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. | William \u201cBill\u201d Gulliford Jr. Community Center (4875 Ocean Street)Thursday, July 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. | Charles Webb Wesconnett Regional Library (6887 103rd Street)Tuesday, July 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. | Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center Boardroom (100 LaVilla Center Drive)Wednesday, July 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. | Highlands Regional Library (1826 Dunn Avenue)Thursday, July 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. | Pablo Creek Regional Library (13295 Beach Boulevard) <\/p>\n Following the meetings, a final public hearing will be held at the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center on July 28 from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fares would either stay the same or go up across the board, including for the St. Johns River…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-339396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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