Comments on: Valley Metro – Raising Fares? http://danielalmaraz.com/2009/02/valley-metro-raising-fares/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://danielalmaraz.com/2009/02/valley-metro-raising-fares/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Daniel Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:10:04 +0000 http://danielalmaraz.com/?p=1195#comment-910 Hmm... $2.30 is an interesting amount. Not that easy to have exact change handy. Hmm… $2.30 is an interesting amount. Not that easy to have exact change handy.

]]> By: Derek http://danielalmaraz.com/2009/02/valley-metro-raising-fares/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Derek Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:57:32 +0000 http://danielalmaraz.com/?p=1195#comment-909 Those proposed hikes are pretty comparable, at least from my Portland Perspective. Our all day pass is $4.75, but our two hour pass (effectively a one-way) is $2.30. Our month pass is $86 bucks though, you got it lucky. I bet you won't see a huge ridership change, for the exact reason you said. There's a lot of complaining at rate hikes around here too... but the machines are broken a lot and they don't bother to fix them, instead they just get more ticket inspectors... Those proposed hikes are pretty comparable, at least from my Portland Perspective. Our all day pass is $4.75, but our two hour pass (effectively a one-way) is $2.30. Our month pass is $86 bucks though, you got it lucky.

I bet you won’t see a huge ridership change, for the exact reason you said. There’s a lot of complaining at rate hikes around here too… but the machines are broken a lot and they don’t bother to fix them, instead they just get more ticket inspectors…

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