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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal. d6 K% h- M2 y, V2 c1 |) o# U
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007" u W! @ K1 }' O2 q
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The cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.3 \6 Q8 k( s) I _' j& ?. g
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That policy would use the cost of an adult transit ticket, currently $2.50, to set all other fares charged by Edmonton Transit.
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It would end the random system of fare increases being approved each year by city council. Council in December voted to raise the adult ticket by 25 cents, but left the $59 monthly adult pass untouched.2 U; f- z$ q& c. t$ w
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In the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.
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It’s proposed that the adult monthly pass would cost 55 per cent of the cost of a cash fare, assuming an average transit rider takes 54 trips a month. That works out to $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary.& ]/ M2 f* H( q8 f: b
; Q6 _" n' T6 {% U4 t5 h“Currently our cash fares and month passes are priced below comparable organizations,” said Patricia Waisman, director of business development for Edmonton Transit.
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The new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.
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: t8 \" K3 N5 z @) {8 o3 ]; SWaisman said the “multiplier” in the formula, the average 54 trips a month, varies from city to city. In Toronto the multiplier would be a bigger number, in Lethbridge a smaller number., ]+ u/ n9 R, M( h
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The proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.
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$ J8 G5 Z, r& Y! H$ P$ W/ R; X( OIn a recent report, he said Edmonton’s transit passes and cash fares are 11 to 14 per cent below that of comparable cities. The result is that Edmonton taxpayers must pay a greater share of transit’s budget than in those other cities, he said. |
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