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The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) will host several meetings in October to gather public opinions about proposed changes to the regional and local fare system.

The proposed regional changes are designed to align DCTA with its regional transit partners, while local system changes are designed to encourage ridership between Carrollton, Lewisville and Denton, Texas, on the authority's system and during midday when ridership is typically lower, DCTA officials said in a prepared statement.

Local fares cover trips on the A-train between Trinity Mills, Lewisville and Denton; regional fares include trips on fixed route bus and rail services for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DCTA, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority and Trinity Railway Express.

Some of the proposed fare changes call for aligning reduced local fares to industry standards; decreasing the local system university pass price; increasing the reduced pass structure for the local system/regional trips; creating a new reduced regional annual pass; replacing one-way trips to two-hour passes on the A-train and regional network; and lowering fares for midday trips, DCTA officials said.