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http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/Transit+fares+increasing/7543084/story.html
Metro Vancouver transit users are going to have to dig in their pockets for extra coins beginning on Jan. 1.That’s when one- and two-zone transit fares go up by 25 cents, and a three-zone fare increases by 50 cents. TransLink says the increases are allowed under legislation which permits prices to rise by an inflationary two per cent per year. “Cash fares have not gone up since 2008,” TransLink spokesman Derek Zabel said on Tuesday. “It’s never an easy decision to increase fares, but we’ve tried to do it in an affordable way for everybody,” he said. With the increases, a one-zone will cost $2.75, a two-zone $4 and a three-zone $5.50. Transit fares since 1987, in 2012 dollars:
Day passes, monthly passes, employer pass program and HandyDART fares are also increasing by 12.5 per cent, as well as the price of a ticket on the West Coast Express. The price of FareSaver tickets does not change. Don MacLeod, president of the Canadian Auto Workers union representing 3,600 bus drivers, said the public won’t appreciate higher fares when some routes are being cut. “People don’t mind paying more if they’re seeing more service. TransLink is going in the opposite direction,” he said. “It is eliminating some low ridership routes and realigning others. They’re providing less service, not more,” he said.
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發表於 2012-11-14 01:02
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