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JETS to Offer Student Summer Rate
Just in time for summer, JETS will be offering a Summer Youth Discount Fare Program. This program will be effective on all JETS Fixed Route buses from the day following Memorial Day until the day preceding Labor Day.
To qualify for this fare a young person must be between the ages of 12 and 18 and must present a valid school-issued, picture ID.
The fare for this program is $.25 per trip or $20 dollars for unlimited daily travel during the 68-day duration of the program. The $20 summer long pass can only be purchased at the City Collector’s window in Jonesboro City Hall.
All JETS Fixed Route buses can accommodate up to two bicycles each on external Gearhead-sponsored bike racks. - See our Rack -n- Ride JTown Page for details!
To present questions, please contact JETS office at 935-5387.
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Bike to Work Day
We'll meet at Allen Park Community Center on Race St. around 6:30 a.m.
We will leave AT 7:00 a.m.!!
The route will take us down the Greenway to Highland Dr. where we will be met by our police escort. We'll then take Highland all the way to Main St. We'll take Main all the way to Sookie's (Next to Piero's) where we'll have a fabulous breakfast together!
This is a community ride, so the pace will be kept manageable. Everyone is welcome; and there is no fee to participate. The route is a gradual uphill (just fyi).
Hope you'll join us! Happy Bike Month!!
(Helmets are required.)
Annual Business Meeting April 19th
Please make plans to attend our annual business meeting and board elections on Tuesday, April 19th at 6pm. We'll be meeting at The Spot (above Piero's) at 320 S Main St. in Jonesboro. We invite anyone who is interested in becoming an active part of this organization to join us.
Jonesboro MPO Approves 2035 Plan
Click here to view the plan in its entirety on the MPO's website.
Action Alert: Dec. 14th MPO Meeting
UPDATED WITH NEW MEETING LOCATION - 900 W. Monroe Ave. (Huntington Building/Council Chambers)
On Tuesday, Dec. 14th at 10:30 am, there will be a meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. The meeting will be held in the MPO conference room at the Council Chambers at 900 W. Monroe Ave. in Jonesboro. The agenda for the meeting includes consideration of the Draft 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. You can download the full plan from the MPO's website. You'll find that the MPO has recognized the need for complete streets that provide transportation options for all residents.
Recently, the MPO's plan has come under fire, so it's time to make your voices heard. Your presence is requested on the 14th to show your support for bike and pedestrian projects that contribute to healthy lifestyles, economic development, and an all around more livable community. If you are not able to attend, please consider sending the MPO staff a letter or email of support for the plan.
Other ways you can help:
-Join NEABC: Add to our collective voice and support our work to create a more bicycle-friendly NEA.
-Complete the Bike/Pedestrian Survey on the MPO's website (linked above)
Some points to consider when gathering your thoughts about transportation planning:
*Definition of complete streets: Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities must be able to safely move along and across a complete street. - from completestreets.org
* Complete streets provide a healthy way to travel, which is an important component in fighting the obesity epidemic and the health issues related to obesity. (Arkansas is in the top ten most obese states in the US according to the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.)
*Incomplete streets hinder economic growth. Complete streets provide safe, cost-effective ways to get to work and to retail areas. They increase property values and provide an attractive environment for new development.
The bottom line is that infrastructure planning needs to be equitable to everyone who lives here - from children to the elderly, from the able bodied to those whose bodies create challenges for them. Creating complete streets is good for our health (mental and physical), our economy, and our environment, and they create a more livable community. There's a ton of reasons why this is important, and I'm sure you have your own reasons as well. Hopefully, these will get you started.