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bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:21 pm
by Mikey
thoughts?
http://www.transitbc.com/regions/vic/fares/default.cfm
2.25 to 2.50 per zone
73.25 up to 80 bones? shit.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:54 pm
by Rude Boy Puff
That's why Im buying an SUV
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:24 pm
by Tambro
They plan on raising them again next year too. Inflation, brah.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:39 pm
by grind/bro
violent uprising
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:51 pm
by KYLESTYLE
well at least our taxes have gone down and minimum wage has risen.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:56 pm
by ZACH ATTACK
TTC is up to three bucks now, so yeah.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:25 pm
by dalamar501
not really surprised.
they froze the price at $2.25 for like 5 years
well that was thepath everyone decided or well voted on with the public input
It was raised to 2.25 and was going to stay at that for however many years
OR
was going to get raised slowly and woudl have been like $2.30 or osmething stupid for 2009.
i forget the other option that was available back in 04/05
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:32 am
by grind/bro
grind/bro wrote:violent uprising
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:03 am
by KYLESTYLE
VIHC needs to start a transit system. or just troy as everyone's chauffeur.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:51 am
by dalamar501
KYLESTYLE wrote:VIHC needs to start a transit system. or just troy as everyone's chauffeur.
if i got my drivers license i would do this.
and charge fares.. haha
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:52 am
by darcy
grind/bro wrote:grind/bro wrote:violent uprising
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:15 am
by Tambro
Get your license, Troy! Drive us up to Nanaimo for taco bell and bowling!
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:30 am
by KYLESTYLE
dalamar501 wrote:KYLESTYLE wrote:VIHC needs to start a transit system. or just troy as everyone's chauffeur.
if i got my drivers license i would do this.
and charge fares.. haha
THAT'S NOT FARE [sic] !
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:34 pm
by Mikey
This will make me take the bus less to be honest which isn't a bad thing. I rarely do to begin with, this just encourages me to be more active and walk to places. It seems kind of odd though. Why is the fare going up (ok gas/etc costs more) but really, is the performance going to improve? Our buses average on 10-20 minutes to arrive. The western communities you're lucky if the bus comes within 20 minutes. compared to other cities where more than 5 minutes is apparently unreasonable. I'm just bitching reallly.
tldr; THINGS COST MONEY NOW?
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:41 pm
by KYLESTYLE
i quit buying bus passes many months ago. I use the bus maybe 4 times a month. It's just too expensive for me to buy a bus pass. When we had our van running, it cost me less to insure it and drive it occasionally than to buy a bus pass... which is just backwards logic.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:32 pm
by Rude Boy Puff
I thank Allah everyday I dont have to bus victoria anymore. The schedule is hardly ever right, its all but shut down by 11pm, and there is next to no coordination with the 70 actually making a ferry 3 hours later.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:10 pm
by Tambro
Mikey wrote:This will make me take the bus less to be honest which isn't a bad thing. I rarely do to begin with, this just encourages me to be more active and walk to places. It seems kind of odd though. Why is the fare going up (ok gas/etc costs more) but really, is the performance going to improve? Our buses average on 10-20 minutes to arrive. The western communities you're lucky if the bus comes within 20 minutes. compared to other cities where more than 5 minutes is apparently unreasonable. I'm just bitching reallly.
tldr; THINGS COST MONEY NOW?
Inflation. Things cost more every year, money is worth less, etc. hence prices rise.
Re: bus fares rising again
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:52 am
by matai
get motor cycles