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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
No. This is an individual traveling at peak, taking up space from an Ottawa resident and taxpayer and paying $2 for that ride compared to the Ottawa resident who is paying $3.50 for that trip.
Let me put it this way, why should somebody get a discount for OC Transpo based on the mode of travel on which they enter the network?
If you walk to an LRT station? No discount.
Bike to an LRT station? No discount.
Drive to an LRT station? No discount.
But if you arrive on a CRT bus at that station, you get a discount. Why?
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Let me try and put it another way. I’ll use round numbers to make the math easier but you can substitute the real numbers:
Let’s say an OC Transpo pass costs $150 and 10% of the rural bus users transfer to OC Transpo. If the Rural agency gives OC Transpo $15 per monthly pass sold to allow anyone to transfer to OC Transpo, but only 1 in 10 do, OC Transpo isn’t out of pocket compared to having sold passes to only 10% of the riders.
That’s the way the current pricing was designed. The problem is:
- The price was never adjusted with fare increases
- With the Confederation line and no bus lanes, OC Transpo is concerned that the number of transfers will jump
What people here are saying is, work out a new deal that is fair to OC Transpo yet doesn’t force everyone currently taking a rural bus to start driving (which is also bad for Ottawa).
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