Jefferson Express bus shuttle may cease service

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The affordable express bus shuttle service that Big Bend Transit (BBT) operates between Monticello and Tallahassee is slated for termination, unless county officials decide to pick up the tab for the operation. This was the word from County Manager Shannon Metty to the Jefferson County Commission on Thursday morning, June 5. Metty told the commissioners that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) had informed the county that the funding for the program would no longer be available after the current grant expires because of cutbacks. “We got DOGED,” remarked one commissioner, referring to the Florida Department of Government Efficiency (DO