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Translink is proposing a 12.5% increase in fares (Bringing a 1-zone monthly pass to $91) after raising 1-zone monthly bus passes by $8 as recently as April 2010. I say enough is enough, we could stand for this if there had been some sort of increase in efficiency of the buses (not just a new skytrain given to us, while nice doesn't effect the majority of Vancouverites).

They need to take that money out of their own pockets if they are not willing to give us more buses to avoid 2 or so buses passing in the morning with "BUS FULL" stamped across the front. Buses being upwards of 20 minutes late on a route that is supposed to have buses coming every 10 minutes is not acceptable, either.

I propose an end to Transit riding for a weekend. Do not ride the bus or take the skytrain from March 3rd, 2012 until March 4th, 2012. Carpool, bike, or walk to get where you need to go, even take a cab. Let us show them that we are not going to take this lying down and that until we see a drastic improvement in service we are not willing to let them suck more money out of our pockets. If you can, opt out of buying your monthly transit pass at the very least until March 4th, 2012. However, if you can make it a whole month without it that would be the ideal.

Even if you cannot go a whole week take a day or two just so we can show them how serious we are about this, let us make this the weekend where they realize that the 99% are the ones that make them their money, not ones to be trampled upon.

Transit is supposed to be affordable, convenient, and green. They are trying to make it green with extra padding in the already over-flowing pockets of the CEO and higher ups in their company.Excerpt from Translink's notice:

"January 10, 2012

Commission Seeks Public Input on TransLink’s Proposal to Raise Transit Fares in 2013

TransLink has applied to the Commission for approval to raise transit fares on January 1, 2013. TransLink proposes to raise all fares. For example, for cash fares:

a 1-zone ticket would rise by 25 cents, from $2.50 to $2.75

a 2-zone ticket would rise by 50 cents, from $3.75 to $4.25 and

a 3-zone ticket would also rise by 50 cents, from $5.00 to $5.50.

If the increases are approved for 2013, five years will have passed since the last increase in cash fares, which was in January 2008.

Other types of transit tickets have seen more recent increases. For example, books of 10 FareSaver tickets saw their last increase in April 2010, so that two years and eight months will have passed, if the increases are approved for 2013:-

1-zone FareSaver books would increase from $21.00 to $23.50

2-zone FareSaver books would increase from $31.50 to $35.50 and

3-zone FareSaver books would increase from $42.00 to $47.00.

It is because some of these increases exceed an average of 2% per year that TransLink must by law obtain the Commission’s approval. By law, in deciding whether to approve the fare increases, the Commission must weigh four considerations:

maintain financial stability of TransLink;

allow TransLink to provide planned services;

encourage TransLink to minimize expenses; and

keep fares as low as possible.

A decision is due March 27, 2012. As input to its decision, the Commission is undertaking an intensive review of the cost-efficiency of TransLink. This will help determine whether TransLink can reasonably be expected to deliver all the services and projects to which it has committed in its approved plans, while managing with less-than-proposed fare revenue in 2013 onwards."

Q2 Operating Costs:

http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2011/August/TransLink-Releases-Q2-Results.aspx