06-02-2017, 05:55 PM
(06-02-2017, 05:41 PM)Pheidippides Wrote:(06-01-2017, 04:14 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Don't they usually have a big council meeting on this?
They did, it was included in the budget consultations this time around instead of being pulled out for its own.
The recommendation was 3% increase, but I think council requested staff to show what an increase equal to inflation to the bottom line, but ultimately I think they voted for the 3% increase.
http://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Coun...df#page=27
Wasn't that free month in York after a prolonged strike?
3% is misleading, it might work out to a 3% increase in fares overall, but the actual increasing amounts, to adult tickets, and adult passes, what I would guess are GRTs largest fare categories are well over 3% (coming in at 3.8% and 4.9% respectively)....it's rather frustrating, for reference inflation was high at 2.1%.
It's not affordable for me but even the optics frustrate me. I can only imagine what it does for others.