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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal- U( e1 l% F9 y' f8 f- D5 }, P, H
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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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., s; R# X0 d/ p6 m. t( U5 c! g
5 y9 D7 @5 |9 nIn 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 $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary." g @- ~6 S: g/ s$ N
: b/ u; J5 x" t3 Y0 l/ Q“Currently our cash fares and month passes are priced below comparable organizations,” said Patricia Waisman, director of business development for Edmonton Transit.5 u6 A/ w. L: {# ?) Z
/ d9 h3 p3 T9 _( t! }4 O+ NThe new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.& X. ?" J$ Y6 v: o$ ~. t
; m z% B, G6 o+ G( E; lWaisman 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.' w8 `4 s, V$ S- M5 Q
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The proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.9 ] |. S) C, Y, i
2 i2 f9 O+ D0 q/ 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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