When Seminole County launches its new on-demand microtransit service this fall, riders will pay higher fares — more than double in some cases — for a trip in a minivan than they do for a Lynx bus ride, county documents show.

Despite the higher costs, county officials are banking that riders will want to spend more to avoid walking to a bus stop and waiting outside for a Lynx bus that will take them to limited places. The new Scout door-to-door service will pick riders up at their homes or offices and take them nearly anywhere in the county.

“I think it’s going to be more popular than folks getting on a Lynx bus,” Commission Chair Jay Zembower said Tuesday at a board meeting. “It’s certainly going to be more efficient. And I think, at the end of the day, it’s probably going to be much mor

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