Metroblogging Los Angeles: Here Come The Fare Hikes!

posted by at 9:38 AM on May 30, 2007 It's still a bargain compared to London's UK6 (about US $12) day pass, but the Los Angeles Metro daypass goes up to $5 next week. The Times , which covers a lot of the bare bones. This is the first across the board hike in a decade.

..and many of the regular riders say they cannot afford it.

And the hikes come despite the state Senate's rejection of Ahnuld's $1.3B transit cuts. (Did I mention how hypocritical it is for him to talk about the environment while slashing public transit budgets?

Rigging a Hummer up to hydrogen is not environmentalism!)
Anyways, if you're riding mass transit next month, check out the for fare changes, and carry your $$ accordingly.
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Thanks, Will!

The fares go up July 1st.
Posted by: Les at May 30, 2007 10:38 AM You're welcome Jillian (but for the record my webite's a dotcom not a dotnet).

:)
Posted by: at May 30, 2007 11:00 AM This is such bullshit that i had to go out and buy myself a scooter just to get around. i take the bus 5 times a week and i usually get myself a day pass. but not anymore because me spending $100 a month just to ride the shitty public traspo system makes no sense at all.

Posted by: at May 30, 2007 01:37 PM Why not just fetch for a monthly pass ($52) instead? Unfortunately, this is almost tripling pretty soon as well.
The logic behind raising these rates is absolutely insane.

Instead of boycotting gas, I think everyone should boycott the MTA for a week so people can see what LA will look like with even more cars on the road and less of a reliance on public transportation.
Posted by: at May 30, 2007 02:16 PM Now the bus riders union had a great F@#$ing solution to this problem and that's to lower the prices of the cost to ride which would encourage more people to ride the buses and trains, not the other way around.