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(Posted 8:30
a.m., Nov. 4)
Transit
committee proposes huge hikes in bus fares, transit passes
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
Ottawa commuters
face a sizable hike in the cost of their bus passes and transit fares if
a recommendation being proposed by the city's transit committee is approved
by city council.
Among the hikes
the committee is recommending is a 13.6 per cent increase for a senior monthly
pass from $31.75 to $36; a 12.3 per cent increase for a regular student
monthly pass from $65.25 to $73.25 and an 11.8 per cent increase for an
express student monthly pass from $76.50 to $85.50.
The cost for
a regular adult monthly pass will increase by eight per cent from $84.75
to $91.50, and the price for an adult express monthly pass would go from
$106 to $114.
Cash fares for
regular non-express routes will go from $3 to $3.25, while the ticket fare
will increase from $2.30 to $2.50. At the same time the cash fare for green
express routes will go from $4 to $4.25, while the ticket fare will increase
from $3.45 to $3.75.
If passed, the
proposed price hikes would come into effect on July 1.
The proposed
increases are the final step in a three year plan to establish a 50/50 split
in funding transit services between property taxes and user fees. If the
latest hike is approved by city council, fares will have increased by 30
per cent since 2007.
Not surprisingly,
the proposed increases have already come under fire from local student associations
and senior groups who say they far too excessive.
Proposed price
changes...
- Regular Adult
Pass/month $91.50 (8.0%)
- Express Adult
Pass/month $114.00 (7.5%)
- Rural Adult
Pass/month $141.75 (7.6%)
- Regular Student
Pass/month $73.25 (12.3%)
- Express Student
Pass/month $85.50 (11.8%)
- Regular Student
Semester Pass $250.00 (3.3%)
- Express Student
Semester Pass $290.00 (2.3%)
- Rural Student
Pass/month $110.75 (7.5%)
- Senior Pass/month
$36.00 (13.4%)
- Day Pass $7.50
(7.1%)
- Cash Adult/trip
$3.25 (8.3%)
- Cash Express
Route/trip $4.25 (6.3%)
- Cash Rural
Express/trip $5.25 (5.0%)
- Cash Child
(6-11 yrs.)/trip $1.60 (6.7%)
- Ticket Adult/trip
$2.50 (8.7%)
- Ticket Express
Route/trip $3.75 (8.7%)
- Ticket Rural
Express/trip $5.00 (8.7%)
- Ticket Child
(6-11 yrs)/trip $1.25 (8.7%)
- Regular Student
Annual Pass $650.00 (3.8%)
- Express Student
Annual Pass $762.00 (3.8%)
- Senior Annual
Pass $395.00 (3.7%)
- Adult Regular
Annual Pass $930.00 (3.9%)
- Adult Express
Annual Pass $1,164.00 (4.0%)
- Adult Regular
Ecopass/month $80.52 (8.0%)
- Adult Express
Ecopass/month $100.32 (7.5%)
- Rural Ecopass/month
$124.74 (7.6%)
- Senior Ecopass/month
$31.68 (13.4%)
- Community
Pass $32.00 (5.3%)
- O-Train Ticket/trip
$2.75 (10.0%)
- Adult Photo
I.D. $8.50 (3.0%)
- Student Photo
I.D. $6.25 (8.7%)
(This story
was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local
business partners.)
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