{"id":222202,"date":"2026-06-18T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222202\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:51:10","slug":"fares-increasing-for-barta-special-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222202\/","title":{"rendered":"Fares increasing for BARTA Special Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fares are increasing for BARTA Special Services shared-ride paratransit service.<\/p>\n<p>The South Central Transit Authority, which operates BARTA, said this is the first\u00a0fare adjustment since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 1, the average full fare will rise to $29.50 from $24.92, with rates varying by mileage. Customer co-pays will range from $2.65 for trips under 2 miles to $8.40 for trips of 16 miles or more, the authority said.<\/p>\n<p>Fares for riders eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act will increase to $3.60 per trip, while personal care attendants will continue to ride free.<\/p>\n<p>Updated fares also apply to the Persons with Disabilities program.<\/p>\n<p>The authority is accepting comments on the changes in person, in writing, or via email at barta@bartabus.com. Written comments should be addressed to BARTA, 1700 N. 11th St., Reading PA 19601.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing will be held July 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. BARTA\u2019s administrative offices, 1700 N. 11th St. Details to participate virtually will be posted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartabus.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bartabus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fares are increasing for BARTA Special Services shared-ride paratransit service. The South Central Transit Authority, which operates BARTA,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706,2155],"class_list":["post-222202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}