TAMPA, Fla. — After a year of riding fare-free, passengers on HART’s busiest bus route will soon have to start paying again.
Beginning Monday, Jan. 5, riders on Route 1 — which runs from downtown Tampa to the University of South Florida — will once again be charged a fare.
The move ends a city-funded pilot program that dramatically boosted ridership and service reliability along one of Tampa’s busiest corridors…