On Thursday September 20th 2007 Capital Metro decided not to go through with the fare increase proposal set for January. Board members ask that the transit agency look at many different options for capital Metro. Also the chairman felt that consideration for increasing bus fair should be thought out based on a long-term financial plan, and better marker research. Monday the board was going to vote on this increase in bus fare that would have just about doubled the price to ride. However because of a public hearing on Tuesday, where this plan received a lot of criticism; the board decided it would be best to go another route. Then at Thursday’s board meeting, the board discussed other options that they had. One of those options was to gradually increase the bus fare over a two to three year span. Another was to start to charge people to ride the Dillo downtown, which is now free.
After hearing many different opinions the board will still adopt its budget based on the fare increase proposal on Monday, but will revise it later in the year.
This articles is worth reading, because you never know when you will have to ride a Capital Metro bus and when you do you want it to be as cost efficient as possible.
To read this article click Statesman.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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