{"id":444399,"date":"2025-12-13T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/444399\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:51:15","slug":"jta-announces-6-month-service-fare-reduction-program-beginning-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/444399\/","title":{"rendered":"JTA announces 6-month service fare reduction program beginning Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously approved a six-month fare modification pilot program that will sharply reduce fares beginning Feb. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Under the pilot, the Fixed Route Bus fare will drop from $1.75 to $1.00, a 43 percent reduction. Connexion Paratransit fares will fall from $2 to $1, a 50 percent cut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis fare decrease pilot reflects our commitment to putting our community first,\u201d Nat Ford, CEO of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, said. \u201cBy lowering fares, we\u2019re removing barriers to mobility and making it easier for people across Jacksonville to access jobs, education, health care and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Board Chair Wallace praised the proposal, saying the reduction showed bold leadership. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cKudos to this team for coming forward with this suggestion. You didn\u2019t propose a 25-cent cut. You didn\u2019t propose a 50-cent cut. You proposed a 75-cent cut. Affordability is a conversation at every dinner table in this entire region. It\u2019s that type of innovation that goes along with other innovations that\u2019s already taking place as to why the JTA is an efficiently run organization. This is what leadership looks like,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The board also approved making the Neighborhood Autonomous Vehicle Innovation, known as NAVI, complimentary effective Dec. 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JTA officials announced a series of public input meetings to discuss the authority\u2019s services, including new fleet vehicles, route enhancements and updates on current services. The meetings are scheduled for Jan. 4, 5, 6, 13, 14 and 15. Full meeting details will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously approved a six-month fare modification&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":444400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,20344,18708,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-444399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-transportation-authority","13":"tag-jta","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115712117309154103","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}