{"id":409164,"date":"2026-09-24T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409164\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:10:08","slug":"jacksonville-city-leaders-step-in-to-help-determine-jtas-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409164\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville city leaders step in to help determine JTA\u2019s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville city leaders are stepping in to help determine the future of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority as JTA faces a nearly $40 million budget shortfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">City Councilman Ron Salem will host a JTA Matters meeting at City Hall Thursday morning, following a difficult board meeting. More than 150 layoffs are expected as the authority works to stabilize its finances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">JTA can now use $30 million in local gas-tax money it has already received to pay down a loan and cover severance packages. A spokesperson said the authority will have 10 years to repay the money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Salem said the city needs to help guide JTA through the financial crisis and make sure the authority moves toward a more stable future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cI advised the leadership to be bold,\u201d Salem said. \u201cWe have got to get JTA on good financial grounds and this is painful. They\u2019re difficult cuts, but in my opinion, we need to be supportive and try to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The meeting is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the City Council chambers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The financial crisis could also affect transit service outside Duval County. The Clay County Board of Commissioners voted to end a funding agreement with JTA.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville city leaders are stepping in to help determine the future of the Jacksonville Transportation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,17707],"class_list":["post-409164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-transportation-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409164","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=409164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}