Calgary Transit- rate increases?

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Nope. If you are caught using an old ticket, the transit cop will give you heck for it. Though there usually is a grace period where all you get is a verbal "get those exchanged" comment.

Incidentally, parking at Stampede Park is now $11.00.

For real? I just bought 2 books in an effort to save myself a couple bucks. Are you sure this is the case?

[Resolute 14]

Pretty sure we had this discussion last year too.

I think for most of January, you would be fine, you'd just get hassled a bit about using the proper ticket.

[someguy51]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

It's $2.75 in Montreal, $2.50 in Edmonton and Vancouver, $2.25 in Winnipeg and oddly enough $2.25 in Lethbridge which is pretty steep because you won't be on the bus for long.

Ottawa is somewhere between $2.25 and $3. It appears they have different prices for buses and trains.

A few of them bumped their fares just yesterday like Calgary did.

I grew up in Lethbridge and unless they changed the transit system drastically its pretty slow. For my daily commute I take a bus and a C-Train and it takes about an hour. When I went to school in Lethbridge I took two buses to get the university and it took more then an hour!

[habernac]

Originally Posted by urban1

CT has the $0.50 premium for the express routes no?

when I don't ride my bike in, I've taken the Express bus for 8 years. Not once have I paid a higher fare than the normal one. Does it depend on where you are maybe?

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by habernac

Does it depend on where you are maybe?

It does. Has something to do with distance from a C-train station. For example when they expand NW, and a community that is 8km from Brentwood is now 2km from Dalhousie, that community pays the premium if they want to keep the express route.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by someguy51

I grew up in Lethbridge and unless they changed the transit system drastically its pretty slow. For my daily commute I take a bus and a C-Train and it takes about an hour. When I went to school in Lethbridge I took two buses to get the university and it took more then an hour!

Huh. I guess I never took a bus very far when I lived there. You can get to the University from downtown (which, as you know, is on the other side of town) in about 10 minutes.

As for the Calgary one, I'm just kind of annoyed by the fare bump. I have the sneaking suspicion that service is going to continue to deteriorate and the prices are going to keep going up. Boo to that.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Huh. I guess I never took a bus very far when I lived there. You can get to the University from downtown (which, as you know, is on the other side of town) in about 10 minutes.

As for the Calgary one, I'm just kind of annoyed by the fare bump. I have the sneaking suspicion that service is going to continue to deteriorate and the prices are going to keep going up. Boo to that.

I was thinking this morning, have they added more trains to the C-Train's NE line? Now that the new station is open, that is 1100 more parking spots for commuters. The trains were already packed on that line, they had to add more capacity.

[Engine09]

Now is the time to grab a monthly transit pass, still $75.

You'd end up paying $115 in January if you dropped $2.50 twice a day

[Thunderball]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

As for the Calgary one, I'm just kind of annoyed by the fare bump. I have the sneaking suspicion that service is going to continue to deteriorate and the prices are going to keep going up. Boo to that.

Thats what I'm thinking. I think all it goes to fund is stretching the lines and adding zero capacity. Now if they raised it to $2.50 with the promise that the whole Dalhousie-Bridlewood line would be converted to 4 trains... that's different. I think this is a case of raising the fare for the sake of raising the fare knowing full well they are still the cheaper alternative for the majority of their clientele (the downtown worker).

[ken0042]

Keep in mind that the fare stayed at $2 for a very long time; because the city didn't want to raise it above that nice round number.

Even though I don't buy passes, I'd rather see the bump on the cash fare than on passes; let the frequent customers get a better deal. And in fact now with my ~18 days per month work schedule; it would almost make sense for me to buy a pass- assuming I don't drive most of the time.

My issue at the start of the thread was how quietly they bumped the price. I could have been at the bus stop with my exact $2.25 this morning and been denied a ride.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by ken0042

My issue at the start of the thread was how quietly they bumped the price. I could have been at the bus stop with my exact $2.25 this morning and been denied a ride.

Yeah, they were nice and quiet about it. The only thing I saw was a little sticker on a train ticket machine on the 23rd of December.

[604flames]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

3 zones in Vancouver is 5 bucks is it not?

Indeed..

Not to steal Calgary's thunder but..

"Gotta pay for that Canada Line somehow."

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Nope. If you are caught using an old ticket, the transit cop will give you heck for it.

Eff that! I'll give a transit cop heck for giving me heck. I paid for transit tickets that don't show any kind of expiry date, and I'll use them until they're done.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by fotze

You sly dog.

Looks like bus passes are the same (and deductable). So if you take the buss more than 15 days in the month, then it is better to get the pass.

In Sydney it costs at least $2.20 to take the train, and that is for just a few stops. Generally it costs $2.80+ depending on where you want to go. Buses also depend on where you want to go, the least cost is about $1.60 but usually whenever I take the bus it is $2.80 or $3.90 one-way. There are no transfers between trains/buses, so if you need to switch you have to pay twice unless you have a pass.

In Sydney I usually buy a travelpass every week for $33. It allows unlimited train, bus, and ferry usage within a pretty large-sized zone. Since I live near a terminal for all three modes of transport I use all three, so it is nice to have the option.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by foofighter15

I remember when it was 1.25 like 7 years ago. this is brutal

I remember when my $400 parking was $75 2 years ago. Now that's brutal.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by fotze

Anyone know the fare prices in other major cities?

I just came back from a trip through SE Asia, and of the 6 places I went, I only took public trans in Hong Kong.

(converted into canadian dollars...)

Airport bus to the city: 85 cents (comparison: Edmonton sky shuttle: $15)

City Tram: 25 cents (LRT in Calgary and Edmonton... $2.50)

Subway: varies from 50 cents to $1.50 that would take you basically from Dalhousie Station to Fish-Creek in about 5 minutes. and has a frequency of 2 minutes per train (as opposed to 5/15 minutes in Calgary/Edmonton)

Other city buses: varies from 50 cents to $1.50

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Subway: varies from 50 cents to $1.50 that would take you basically from Dalhousie Station to Fish-Creek in about 5 minutes.

Their subway trains do 200 km/h and go for 25km between stops?

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Their subway trains do 200 km/h and go for 25km between stops?

Ok, maybe my figures were off...

My terrible guessing skills would say speeds of maybe 70-80?

[Flame On]

I love the increases in in pay while the service decreases around us. Buses (thank god I only take them occasionally) don't turn up or are severely late, multiple trains and buses go by because they can't work out the rush hour.... brutal.