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Council liaison says JTA cut fares to $1 for fixed‑route and paratransit; members ask for earlier briefing
Summary
Rockmund Johnson told the committee JTA reduced fixed‑route fares from $1.75 to $1 and paratransit from $2 to $1 (a 43% cut) and that public input meetings are scheduled in January; council members asked that JTA present sooner than February because of budget and service shift concerns.
Rockmund Johnson, the city council’s JTA liaison, told the Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee that Jacksonville Transportation Authority leaders have lowered fixed‑route fares from $1.75 to $1 and cut paratransit fares from $2 to $1.
"We have now lowered the cost of the fixed route bus routes from $1.75 to $1," Johnson said, adding that the…
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