ZT - Monthly transit fares could jump $15 ($59+$15=$74)

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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
! d% Z/ x6 Z) {, yPublished: Friday, March 30, 2007

6 S' X, y9 y2 X2 IThe cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.
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; b0 V5 C0 h4 L3 G4 PThat 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.

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.

* n4 B: g. `: X& ?7 T/ U“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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1 g- f% }; m& oThe new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.
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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.
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The proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.
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In 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.

grace2006

反对涨价啊。。。Upass还没有出来呢。。

yj151

这里的票价比别的城市究竟低还是高？

黑金

一下涨25％也太离谱了！ :fandui:

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johnsonke74

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yj151

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