09-03-2019, 07:18 AM
It's not 3% (which is already in excess of the rate of inflation), it's closer to 4% for tickets, and almost 5% for monthly passes. The only types of fares going up 3% or less are concession fares.
My feeling is that we're getting service improvements and improved headways on a number of routes, so modest increases are to be expected. And our fares are not too expensive- in Hamilton, for instance, a monthly pass is well over $100. LTC's is only $81, but within the same ball park.
Parking fees did go up this year. At least in Kitchener, they'd been decreasing in real terms for several years, but there were more-or-less inflationary increases this year in both Kitchener and Waterloo.
My feeling is that we're getting service improvements and improved headways on a number of routes, so modest increases are to be expected. And our fares are not too expensive- in Hamilton, for instance, a monthly pass is well over $100. LTC's is only $81, but within the same ball park.
Parking fees did go up this year. At least in Kitchener, they'd been decreasing in real terms for several years, but there were more-or-less inflationary increases this year in both Kitchener and Waterloo.