[PRCo] Re: Transit ridership on the rise.

[Fred Schneider]

Remember that the simplest way to adjust for inflation over 100 years  
is to move the decimal two places ... that nickel fare in 1900 would  
be $5.00 in the year 2000 if the same efficiencies were in place.    
It is probably safer to assume that the fully allocated cost of  
moving a typical transit passenger in the United States is in the $7  
to $8 range today and we are changing somewhere between $0.00 for  
handicapped and seniors and $3.00 to $4.00 in the rush hour for  
fares.   Washington DC may have the highest fare.   Pennsylvania  
charges nothing in the off peak for seniors.   Federal law requires  
senior / disabled fare no more than 50% of the cash base fare but  
some agencies violate that rule, i.e. PATH and the rapid transit in  
San Juan PR claim they do not have to do it for anyone other than  
their own natives and they'll get away with it until someone files a  
protest.
If you want to survey agencies, Joshua, I can mail or e-mail you my  
list of all rail systems in the U. S. and it has all their web sites  
on it.    Their fares are probably on line.

In fact I'll attach it to this and let the Encarta remove it and put  
it elsewhere for you to try to open.   You will need Excel to open  
it.    List is arranged with the oldest line first (New Orleans)  
through the newest.   It may have to be rearranged if Seattle route  
99 never reopens.







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