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Originally Posted by Table 5
On one hand, it makes sense to pass the cost increase on to the actual people who use a service. At the same time, I imagine it will most likely affect people who are already most sensitive to any price increases.
This also definitely won't help with incentivizing more people to use public transit. The value proposition for the casual user like me is already fairly suspect. Even with one kid riding free, and the other getting a lower fare ($2.55), with this increase it would cost $21.10 for me to take my family of 4 somewhere and back. 99% of the time that's gonna be a "no thanks, we're driving".
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It flat-out doesn’t make financial sense for a family to take the train downtown from the burbs. We did it sometimes as a kind of civic duty and to get the kids comfortable on the C-Train. But it’s way cheaper and easier to drive and park.
Even for a single rider, the value proposition is questionable. $8 for a round-trip vs $13 a day for me to park during the week. I mostly take the train, but I don’t feel irresponsible when I splash out the extra $5 for the convenience of driving. And of course on weekends, driving and parking is the way to go.