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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal; p! }8 Q9 [5 ^1 A6 B
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007
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The cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.
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7 L' @) C5 C! \' r$ h2 xThat policy would use the cost of an adult transit ticket, currently $2.50, to set all other fares charged by Edmonton Transit.+ v7 E9 J+ C$ m* Y# p- p
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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.
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& Z1 r u: |3 E; M' o3 `& ]% ^In the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.4 A% m1 Z' [3 Z# f K
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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.
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7 w# k/ d" A* H2 b“Currently our cash fares and month passes are priced below comparable organizations,” said Patricia Waisman, director of business development for Edmonton Transit. @& g# \4 N" ?' z4 F
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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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5 R3 _2 d1 [6 ?. S; @& p1 v* ~Waisman 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. ^+ k: C. {2 a; w9 K5 }( Q
Z0 m# l% m2 C& ^The proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.2 j) R2 [; F9 h) s
5 S' y' _" n% ~- ], d6 b4 p8 fIn 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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