{"id":44582,"date":"2025-07-06T23:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44582\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T23:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:46:21","slug":"jta-announces-free-rides-for-trade-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44582\/","title":{"rendered":"JTA announces free rides for trade school students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/JTA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/JTA\/\">The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)<\/a> on Tuesday announced a new program that provides free rides to trade school students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The \u201cRide to Train\u201d pilot program provides complimentary fixed route passes to students enrolled in registered technical, trade, vocational or apprenticeship programs in Duval County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/30\/the-city-spent-55m-on-driverless-public-shuttles-heres-what-some-of-the-first-passengers-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>The City spent $5.5M on driverless public shuttles. Here\u2019s what some of the first passengers think<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">To qualify, students must be active participants in credentialed programs leading to a trade certificate or certification of completion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Once enrolled, JTA will issue a mobile pass directly to students\u2019 phones via email addresses provided by program coordinators. Students can then ride any JTA fixed route bus or First Coast Flyer route for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe Ride to Train program represents our commitment to access and economic mobility. By removing transportation barriers, we\u2019re empowering Jacksonville\u2019s future trade and apprenticeship workforce\u2014builders, electricians, and dozens more\u2014to rise, thrive, and build the future of this great city,&#8221; JTA CEO, Nat Ford said. \u201cThis is how we strengthen communities\u2014one route, one ride, one life at a time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Registered apprenticeship training programs interested in participating in Ride to Train may contact Endya Freeman at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/01\/jta-announces-free-rides-for-trade-school-students\/mailto:myridetotrain@jtafla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>myridetotrain@jtafla.com<\/b><\/a>. <\/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 (JTA) on Tuesday announced a new program that provides free rides&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,20344,18708,34617,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-44582","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-ride-to-train","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114808959169175249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44582","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=44582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}