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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
- n: h' ]5 I: A, ^6 iPublished: Friday, March 30, 2007
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) b: i* j3 B" e/ P6 t+ B2 RThe cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.% Q/ |) }6 P. C. d% G9 O1 c7 }% c
; G! o1 G9 k: ^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.
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: [, d ^% o1 sIn the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.
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5 \9 F3 }% u2 m0 D! D; dIt’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 $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary.) ^6 T: W, Z# z- X
6 p4 A# N$ L0 j- b“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.- U: ]7 n! P9 x9 e) p
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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.
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$ L/ g* e7 ^1 C% L, B8 K6 r YThe proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.
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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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