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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
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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 $2.50, to set all other fares charged by Edmonton Transit.- g, w( Q' B0 B5 U$ V
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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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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 $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary.3 o7 s% D$ u7 Y |1 s
) v$ f" D" m2 e3 h) c) ` x s3 C“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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! U: [7 |/ {% _7 K/ jThe new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.
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; R2 ^* }6 s& F: eWaisman 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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/ S4 a- a( T8 K; V! iThe proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.) V, d) g6 z2 o& `/ U
" d/ J6 f( @# `" T8 s2 u0 m" GIn 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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