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Susan Ruttan, Edmonton Journal
& ?1 _& x, I [' x cPublished: Friday, March 30, 2007' f' N% g5 I2 B5 E
, P1 o! m1 d1 c, h1 V( eThe cost of a monthly transit pass could jump by $15 if city council endorses a proposed new transit fare policy.
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4 p: x8 ~/ L# h" Y8 UThat 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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/ s& ^1 b3 f. d5 C7 ^ _* @In the new formula, any increase in the adult cash fare would trigger increases in all other fares.) r6 h+ J0 S0 o3 c( G& t. r; s
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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 $74, about the same price as a monthly pass in St. Albert, Strathcona County and Calgary.3 O7 `% R) C3 @0 T5 t& @
& r, ^* c! I \! H' Z“Currently our cash fares and month passes are priced below comparable organizations,” said Patricia Waisman, director of business development for Edmonton Transit.
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! V$ n! V" z. W, _* b( G+ cThe new system of all fares being based on the basic fare would help to correct that, she said.
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9 t& p" A4 h2 D2 W' i6 bWaisman 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.# O( H" ^2 d- u) W4 {: L
8 V: p5 I6 \! g2 H, C1 UThe proposed change acts on a recommendation of the city auditor David Wiun.
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' q2 ?( x+ Y" J9 pIn 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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