PSTA to start charging for SunRunner

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority has agreed to start charging SunRunner riders, despite the potential loss of funding supporting the currently fare-free service. 

After a heated three-hour-plus discussion Wednesday, the PSTA board cast a 13-to-2 vote passing a new motion from member Rene Flowers to begin charging fares for the bus rapid transit service earlier than the initially scheduled Nov. 1 timeframe. 

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Jillian Bandes noted that federal grants to establish the SunRunner came with the caveat that local leaders must update zoning along the route to enhance development and promote ridership.

Bandes, project manager for Bandes Construction Company, opened the discussion at Tuesday’s Developer’s Council meeting hosted by the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership. The topic du jour was proposed land use changes around the region’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) service.

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