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04-22-10, 08:42 PM
While I do really like the idea of free public transit-http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?636422-Free-Public-Transportation (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?636422-Free-Public-Transportation)-in reality, you must pay in a money orientated culture such as ours is. The best of all worlds is simply being able to pay. With the "Great Recession" still lingering probably for much longer than we care to admit, inflation along with a loss of precious tax dollars from a stable fully employed working/middle class, will continue for a long time. Here where I live translates into a more limited fare increases on the major bus & train companies:
MTA
http://thesource.metro.net/2010/04/22/special-meeting-to-be-held-to-discuss-fare-increase/ (http://thesource.metro.net/2010/04/22/special-meeting-to-be-held-to-discuss-fare-increase/)
Foothill Transit
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_14916716?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com (http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_14916716?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com)
City Of Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
http://www.bigbluebus.com/newsandnotices/notice.asp?nid=161 (http://www.bigbluebus.com/newsandnotices/notice.asp?nid=161)
Metrolink Commuter Trains
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-241870-line-orange.html (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-241870-line-orange.html)
There are many other bus companies operating in the Southern California area. Most are either thinking or actually about to implement their own increases in fares. I guess that is the harsh reality of "getting out of your car." There is very little safe haven beyond walking or better yet, biking to your destination.
Thank God for my bikes and the good health to ride them. I don't feel so threatened by fare hikes or even the dreaded transit strikes that clouded much of the history of public transit in Southern California.
MTA
http://thesource.metro.net/2010/04/22/special-meeting-to-be-held-to-discuss-fare-increase/ (http://thesource.metro.net/2010/04/22/special-meeting-to-be-held-to-discuss-fare-increase/)
Foothill Transit
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_14916716?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com (http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_14916716?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com)
City Of Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
http://www.bigbluebus.com/newsandnotices/notice.asp?nid=161 (http://www.bigbluebus.com/newsandnotices/notice.asp?nid=161)
Metrolink Commuter Trains
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-241870-line-orange.html (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-241870-line-orange.html)
There are many other bus companies operating in the Southern California area. Most are either thinking or actually about to implement their own increases in fares. I guess that is the harsh reality of "getting out of your car." There is very little safe haven beyond walking or better yet, biking to your destination.
Thank God for my bikes and the good health to ride them. I don't feel so threatened by fare hikes or even the dreaded transit strikes that clouded much of the history of public transit in Southern California.