Prevost1003 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 First SCT Commuter Monthly pass $85 Youth student monthly pass (valid elementary, jr. or sr. high school Student ID required) $70 Post secondary student monthly pass (excluding U-Pass holders, valid student ID required) $75 Seniors monthly pass $22.50 Seniors annual pass $270 Cash fare – one way $5 Seniors cash fare – one way $4 Commuter ticket booklet – package of 12 $48 Local Monthly pass $50 Cash – one way $3 Local ticket booklet – package of 20 $40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now ETS Adult Monthly Pass increases to $74.25. DATS Monthly Pass increases to $74.25. Post Secondary Monthly Pass increases to $67.50. Senior Citizen Annual Pass increases to $111.25. Low Income Senior Annual Pass increases to $48.00. Senior Citizen Monthly Pass increases to $12.00. Youth and Senior cash fares will increase from $2.25 to $2.50. Adult cash fares will remain the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seriously... I can't afford a student pass anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Seriously... I can't afford a student pass anymore. Do they not offer a reduced pass? $50 isn't exactly terrible, or do you get the commuter pass? Edmonton's fares are nuts. I wouldn't mind paying $75 for a pass if we had transit service to match. Guess that's why $50 doesn't seem bad to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 The funny thing is that the reason that the fares are going up is so that Edmonton's fares are in line with other cities, specifically Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. But, when it came to fleet utilisations, comparisons with those cities were considered unfair. Edmonton's fares are nuts. I wouldn't mind paying $75 for a pass if we had transit service to match. Guess that's why $50 doesn't seem bad to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Wasn't it when ETS got audited that the auditor suggested bringing our fares more 'in line' with other cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 4, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Seriously... I can't afford a student pass anymore. Isn't SCT run by the city now instead of PWT? Thought they would have kept fares low... It's still cheaper than insurance alone (not to mention car payments, gas, parking, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yes. I guess that part of the auditor's report wasn't "seriously flawed". Wasn't it when ETS got audited that the auditor suggested bringing our fares more 'in line' with other cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Isn't SCT run by the city now instead of PWT? Thought they would have kept fares low...It's still cheaper than insurance alone (not to mention car payments, gas, parking, etc). Don't forget about the costs of maintaining a vehicle(s). There's also the stress of driving in this City. Let someone else do the driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 My ETS monthly pass is only $37.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion9131 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I would kill to pay under $100 for my monthly passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 My ETS monthly pass is only $37.00 Mine's free. So there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Mine's free. So there. Was it worth all the years of driving though? Wasn't it when ETS got audited that the auditor suggested bringing our fares more 'in line' with other cities? "In line" means charging the same cash fare for adult and child? I haven't researched it too much... but, I guess in a little bit of fairness to ETS in that regard, I believe a lot of systems I read about with smart cards have a single cash fare for everyone. Adults, seniors, children all pay the same. Although, at this point, I think a full smart card system for transit is still a year or two away at best. The funny thing is that the reason that the fares are going up is so that Edmonton's fares are in line with other cities, specifically Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary.But, when it came to fleet utilisations, comparisons with those cities were considered unfair. And yet, our transit system certainly doesn't provide the service those systems do. Even Calgary has a larger LRT system and even BRT with a ever growing number of artics... used on more than one route... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prevost1003 Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 My ETS monthly pass is only $37.00 My wallet is going to pass out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 4, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 My U-Pass is great, but I'll have to buy monthly passes in the summer. $78.75 per term * 2 = $157.50 / 8 = $19.69/month (only because of University subsidization. It is normally $94.50 per term.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modulator Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 "In line" means charging the same cash fare for adult and child? "In line" means that it's a problem that ETS fares were "only" 86% of the national average. See the Auditor's Report starting on Page 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prevost1003 Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Isn't SCT run by the city now instead of PWT? Thought they would have kept fares low... Forgot to reply... Yes, I know the drivers are under contract with the County. I assume the buses were bought by the County even while PWT was operating them. I just hope this fare increase isn't because they decided they need to replace the GMs... If they are, I volunteer to take two! One for restoration and the other for parts! Though storage might be a b*tch. Wish my parent's bought that acreage now. EDIT: Another thing I forgot to mention is I think the SCT pass features an ETS bus on it... as if our million dollar coaches aren't photo worthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prevost1003 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 It is actually an ETS bus on the SCT passes this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 6, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Lovely... Jasper Avenue WB at 111 Street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prevost1003 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Lovely...Jasper Avenue WB at 111 Street! I noticed they knocked off the fleet numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I noticed they knocked off the fleet numbers. They've been doing that with all recent LFR publications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 7, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 They did it before with LF publications too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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