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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
. `4 h- x4 B3 g3 [) EPublished: Friday, March 30, 20071 ? d$ n2 i3 ^5 v. b6 |. p& h: _
7 `" }+ O+ z1 T/ LThe 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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* ~- b" g2 F6 L7 s2 O0 h. a# ]& F" ]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.% h' P* i% b* z& X
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In the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.6 M0 l3 p4 t; ?- c! j E
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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.
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) @. g `; ^# ^' F" e“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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; |( N& z2 R! m! I7 _. MWaisman 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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The proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.
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# d( e! s( h! H1 ]: A2 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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