[PRCo] Re: Heard on PBS

[Bill Robb]

Muni monthly passes are valid on the cable cars.

http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/mms/fares/fareinfo.htm#passes

With the weekly pass you pay $1 extra to ride a cable
car. Current one-way cable car fare is $3.

http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/mms/fares/fareinfo.htm#cable

Bill Robb

--- John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:


> 
> 
> Aren't cable car cash fares twice the MUNi base
> fare???   There are a lot of 
> locals using the cable cars.   Will there be any
> change in the policy on day 
> and weekly passes???
> 
> When we visited a couple years ago, got a day pass
> at one of the Market St. 
> subway stations, used it on the F line to
> Fisherman's Wharf, then used the 
> pass on the cable car to return to Market St.  I
> don't recall there being 
> any supplemental fare on the cable car - just show
> the pass.
> 
> Could also be that $5 is a lot easier to collect
> then dealing with one 
> dollar bills.  I've noticed this on the local bus to
> Hershey, where the fare 
> is $1.85.  The usual cash payment is two $1 bills. 
> (Most riders use monthly 
> passes or 35 ride tickets.)
> 




	
		
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