{"id":173827,"date":"2025-10-24T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173827&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:56:20","slug":"kitakyushu-to-raise-bus-fares","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-to-raise-bus-fares\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu to Raise Bus Fares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City plans to raise municipal bus fares by an average of 18.7% in spring 2026\u2014the first increase in 14 years, excluding tax changes. The base fare will rise from \u00a5190 to \u00a5240. Officials say the increase will offset reduced ridership and higher fuel costs, with expected annual revenue of \u00a5110 million. The city aims to eliminate subsidies by expanding charter and contract services while introducing new discounts for students and seniors. The fare hike requires approval from the transport ministry and the city assembly. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16262142&amp;ymd=2025-10-23\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-bus_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu to Raise Bus Fares\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-bus_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-bus_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-bus_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-bus_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu City plans to raise municipal bus fares by an average of 18.7% in spring 2026\u2014the first increase in 14 years, excluding tax changes. The base fare will rise from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173827","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}