by Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News posted Mar 9, 2015 at 10:00 AM— updated Mar 9, 2015 at 5:19 PM
Kelowna city has approved the first hike in local transit fares in three years. Now it's up to municipal councils in West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland,the regional district board and the Westbank First Nation council to agree. At its regular Monday afternoon meeting, council was asked to support a move to standardize all single trip fares at $2.50 each, up from the current $2.25 for adults and college students and $2 for seniors and elementary, middle school and high school students charged now. Children under five will continue to ride for free. In addition to hiking the single trip fare, sheets of 10 tickets will jump in cost to $22.50 from 20.25 for adults and college students, while seniors and students up to Grade 12 would a hike of $2.25 to $20.25. Day passes for everyone will also be standardized at $6.50 each, up from the current $6 for adults and $5.50 for seniors and students,while monthly passes will increase by $10 for adults to $70 each, $3 for seniors to $45 each, $7 for college students to $55 each and $7 for students up to Grade 12 to $45 each. Family Max for Students passes will jump by $17 each to $112 each, while the UPASS for university and college students would cost $70 as of September 2016, up from the current $60 if approved in a referendum of UBCO students. City staff say the increases, the first since 2012, are needed achieve a 27 per cent per cent cost recovery for the local transit system. The municipality's had said they wanted a 30 per cent cost recovery but that would have required a 29 per cent increase in fares. (more)
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Don Quixote Note:
Transit Future Plan North Okanagan | March 2014
(P.57-59) Vernon and area cost recovery %age can be found here.
Also cost per trip on Transit routes can be found within this report.
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