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City refers JJ’s Pedicabs rate request to Transportation Advisory Committee after operator seeks $5 fare

5843405 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

The board referred a request from JJ’s Pedicabs to increase its per-person fare from $2 to $5 to the Transportation Advisory Committee for review; the operator offered to provide receipts and cost documentation.

The City of Hot Springs board referred a request by Jason Bennett, operating as JJ’s Pedicabs, to raise his downtown per-person rate from $2 to $5 to the Transportation Advisory Committee for further review and recommendation.

City Clerk Harmony explained Bennett’s franchise allowed a $2 per person per three-city-block rate set in 2016; Bennett told the board he had not raised rates since then and asked to increase the rate to $5 “due to the rising cost of…

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