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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
* B, j" a; a+ U' z; A% ^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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0 o2 w) F+ C- M! g/ GThat 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 $59 monthly adult pass untouched.
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, c) v7 s% K- q1 a0 n0 _/ m' ~In the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.
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4 r- b$ S' I9 U1 G# `7 ]/ Z: M* qIt’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 $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary.
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“Currently our cash fares and month passes are priced below comparable organizations,” said Patricia Waisman, director of business development for Edmonton Transit.
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The new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.
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# P$ U. u/ |& L" |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.7 H9 @; q% T& x+ R2 z
, p9 L! o* o# Q7 y! \; V6 v8 b. h# aThe proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.
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9 w; b1 s5 x" B+ g3 d4 h3 S L( p. uIn 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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