LAFAYETTE — Fares for CityBus riders will increase in 2026, with prices doubling for some rider pass categories.
A rider alert sent out Wednesday said several categories are slated to double in price, and others are set to nearly double.
During an October Lafayette City Council meeting, CityBus CEO Bryan Smith said the department's 2026 budget would face a shortfall. That prediction was made after the loss of CityBus' contract with Purdue as the university's campus transportation provider.
"If you look, as you predict, going out further all the way through 2028, for example, we have some funds to get through (local income tax) and those end in 2028," Smith told the city council in October. "Rather than choose to do small reductions every year, our goal is to do the reduction that we'll need to do with this budget and then have a planning study help us determine where a level of service can be that we can sustain for at least five and hopefully longer years."
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