JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Inflation spiked prices for a host of items in recent years but Jacksonville residents who ride the bus will catch a break in February when the $1.75 fare drops to $1.

The back-to-the-future approach will roll back the bus fare to what it cost to ride in 2011.

In another cut, JTA will stop charging a fare entirely for the NAVI transit shuttles in downtown on Dec. 15 so riding those vehicles will once again be free.

The fare reduction for buses in February will affect thousands of bus riders. JTA expects cutting the fare will attract new ridership and ultimately generate more farebox revenue for the bus system, though whether that model is borne out in reality will be something the agency watches during the pilot program that runs from Feb. 1 though Aug. 31.

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