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

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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
. e6 ~# v' P4 i# oPublished: Friday, March 30, 2007
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( H4 [* Q( e! s/ mThe cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.

That policy would use the cost of an adult transit ticket, currently $2.50, to set all other fares charged by Edmonton Transit.

, f; n, c7 i( ?* q% }, S; @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 $59 monthly adult pass untouched.
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In the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.
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: ~  o, b$ z) k5 ?' cIt’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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“Currently our cash fares and month passes are priced below comparable organizations,” said Patricia Waisman, director of business development for Edmonton Transit.

4 h& o3 d% I- u( vThe new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.

* Q4 e$ [' Z8 l6 O* e9 A' zWaisman 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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5 e0 I1 a+ w5 r: k( ?3 S) v$ T' iIn 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？
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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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精品中年老男人

我准备骑车了。

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chmwl

俺走路

bogubogu

刚刚加入乘车大军, 想省点 ... 好景不长