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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Maybe we could make up the money by increasing the fee for seniors who aren't low income to take transit. Currently a seniors pass for anyone over 65 (NOT just low income) is $35 per year, or $2.92 per month. I have no issue with low income seniors getting the discount (they only pay $15 per year) but there's no reason well-off seniors can't pay the same amount as low income people under age 65. Even with this reduction a well-off senior pays 93% less than a low income person, which seems ridiculous.
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I believe during this meeting (sorry it was earlier in the day) they discussed doing a study during 2011 about the transit pass fee structure across the board (including Senior discounts) and how it could be improved so that those that could afford to pay did and those that needed the most help received the help they needed . . . but don't quote me on it I don't remember verbatim what was decided on that