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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal' f8 C, B" l# H2 f
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007. O) c* D( G& z4 g
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The cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.- X+ |$ ^6 n; n6 \6 A4 o
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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.7 M: F6 @* X, m/ ~8 l# {( Q* l0 U
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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 $59 monthly adult pass untouched.
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2 _& M1 \7 t5 CIn the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.
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0 l& o7 E$ w5 n v4 B* wIt’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 $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary.
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4 O- w3 F. U5 I$ l' `“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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) a. l; S8 O0 M) x, @The new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.& q/ S- T7 L& P7 Z4 q0 Q
: q9 K' P# y9 ?" B+ @7 y& K: \( uWaisman 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.! n# V) H& [$ @. P$ c
3 S7 E: K2 z9 b" B( i9 m5 W F: |The proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.4 U8 Z, ~# P/ U) D6 `6 E
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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. |
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