[PRCo] Re: Transit ridership on the rise.

[Joshua Dunfield]

Bob Dietrich wrote:
> Ridership in Philly is up - http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16891971.htm
> - SEPTA can reverse this trend; watch what happens when they raise the rates
> again this year...

"Again"?  SEPTA fares haven't changed since 2001.  At $1.30 a token,
I have to ask, which big cities in the US have *lower* fares?

Actually, one of the fare options on the table -- though probably not
the most likely one -- has the price of tokens *falling* by 5 cents,
paid for by eliminating transfers:

http://www.septa.com/news/public_notices/FY08_Op_Proposal_200705.html

-j.