Comments on: Fares to Rise Again

By: Dan Miller

Dan Miller — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:58:37 +0000

As bad as it is, I’d pay it if we can avoid the massive service cuts they were proposing.

By: Aloy

Aloy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:40:50 +0000

I am not sure why people are mad. Did you all not expect this?

I hate to break it to you but expect more increases in the future.

They need to make up millions and this is the easiest and most straight-forward way to make it up

By: Banksy

Banksy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:10:42 +0000

@Tom at 3:15pm
Exactly. It’s in everyone’s interest to have an efficient public transit system — not just riders themselves, but also people who drive. Imagine how much worse traffic would be if Metro didn’t exist!

By: Tom Bridge

Tom Bridge — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:15:28 +0000

A vital metropolitan area, J, has a public transit system that is affordable for all. That means that the metro area supports it through common funding, not just through fare collection.

By: J

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:35:35 +0000

You’re hoping it isn’t the ridership’s pockets?

You do realize that if fares aren’t raised, the money will come from taxes. Taxes paid by the riders. As well as people who don’t ride it.

By: Elliotte

Elliotte — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:20:52 +0000

I’m probably gonna get my head bitten off for this, but here goes. The increases seem like a lot at first, but if Tom’s numbers are right, an increase of $154 a year doesn’t seem like that much of an increase.

Any word on if there’s gonna be an increase in parking fees too, since everything else is going up?

By: MT

MT — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:59:21 +0000

This is unbelievable. Has WMATA mentioned how they plan to make travel more efficient..or even better, SAFER? There have been more accidents on the track in the last 10 months than I care to remember.

These aren’t even REASONABLE increase, especially adding insult to injury by adding a peak of the peak.

I wonder how this is going to affect ridership and commuter traffic in different areas.

By: Nicole O.

Nicole O. — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:54:49 +0000

WTF. obviously they don’t care about the people that have to take this piece-of-crap thing they’re calling “Public Transit” to work everyday.

It already costs me almost $10 a day to get to work, and it’s gonna get worse? You know, fares never go down. So this is to make up budget gaps this year, but they’ll keep the extra money next year.

Also, it’s not fair that they’re making us pay because of their lack of planning!