Navi / Ultimate Urban Circulator cost overruns
Summary
The autonomous vehicle program started as a $44 million project and ended at $67.5 million, with roughly $3 million a month in operating costs that were never budgeted in fiscal 2025. The planned offset — shutting down the Skyway — never happened, so JTA ran both systems.
At a glance
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 2, 2026.
Impact analysis
The project cost about $23.5 million more than originally estimated, plus nearly $12 million a year in unbudgeted operating costs.
Riders on the automated circulator route get a new service, though at a cost that contributed to the agency's crisis.
Bus riders and paratransit users, whose services absorbed cuts as money was diverted to cover the overruns.
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