A proposal by LA Metro to change its fare structure was criticized for its cost to riders, at a hearing Monday night.
Unhappy transit riders expressed strong concerns Monday, Nov. 14, over a LA Metro proposal that raises the price of a single ride by 25 cents, increases fares for seniors and disabled passengers and eliminates free transfers and passes.
A passenger with a bicycle enters to board the Metro B Line at the North Hollywood Metro Station on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. During a virtual public hearing, more than 70 people testified with nearly 100% of them opposed to the new approach to fares. Many of the callers expressed support for eliminating fares entirely — a policy in place during the pandemic until January 2022 when fares returned — and said the new proposal moves the agency away from a fare-less system.
Touted as a fare-capping plan, Metro officials called it is a simpler approach that would result in lower costs for those who normally buy $7 daily passes and $25 weekly passes. Buying a pass would no longer be necessary because a rider would get free unlimited rides after they reached a fare cap of $6 a day or $20 a week.
Metro made the argument that other systems have moved away from weekly or monthly passes toward the fare-capping system and said Los Angeles County must get in line. Many riders said they were against doing away with the free, two-hour transfer that would cause a rider to pay the base fare for each ride in the same direction. A round-trip that today costs $3.50 would go up to $6, the daily cap.
“We never received notice of this meeting. We weren’t aware this was going on,” said Jamie Penn, president of the Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council.
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