JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority introduced this week that it’s going to discontinue its Health Care Worker Free Ride Program in December. The program has been in place since April 2020.

JTA cited the elimination of COVID-19 restrictions by state and federal authorities officers for sunsetting this system, which was a method to thank native well being care workers working by way of the pandemic.

Any employee at a hospital, physician’s workplace, medical facility or medical laboratory simply wanted to indicate their work badge to journey free of charge.

Passengers who beforehand used the service can nonetheless get pleasure from complimentary rides all through the month of November by creating a brand new account with the MyJTA cell app, which is obtainable on Apple and Android units.

Starting Thursday, Dec. 1, the free rides for well being care staff program ends on all JTA mounted route and First Coast Flyer buses.