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Date: October 09, 2008
Fare or unfare: CTA proposes a hike
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Fare or unfare: CTA proposes a hike
Posted Oct. 9 at 12:30 p.m.
Rising fuel costs, free rides for seniors, lower-than expected-revenue from the real estate transfer tax in a down housing market...These are all factors in the CTA's proposal today to increase fares to as much to $2.25, kill the bonus fare given to Chicago Card users and increase U-Pass cost by 20%.
The CTA board still has to vote on this proposal, plus let riders sound off during a public hearing, but it seems the agency has mulled its options and a bounce in your bus and train cost is likely.
So will you, as the agency projects at least 1 percent of riders will do, jump ship? Do you see this as a case of more-for-less or as a necessary move to keep transit going?
