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Originally Posted by swo2k1
Passes will be going up to $90 in January 2011. This was part of a tiered increase they announced back in November of 2008. Going from 75 to 90 in essentially two years seems a little much for inflation.
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Hmmmm didn't know that. Seems a little steep for sure. However, remember that the City is increasing the profile of the C-Train by doing the following.
1. Building West leg of the LRT.
2. Upgrading all platforms to accomdate 4-car trains (by 2014 I believe)
3. Extending both the NW (by 2014) and NE lines (by 2012)
4. Looking into SE leg of LRT and the downtown subway
So at least you can make the argument that the City is trying to provide better service to more places, at least via train. (I'm not knowledgeable about bus routes). The money to build said lines has to come from somewhere.