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Port Authority may lower fares in Zone 2,
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The Port Authority is working on a plan to lower fares for some bus and light rail transit riders.
The proposal would end higher fares for Zone 2 riders in outlying suburbs. Their fare would drop
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from the current $3.75, down to the same fare as Zone 1 -- $2.50. All riders would pay when they
board.
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In a move towards a cashless system, there would be a surcharge
everywhere of 25 cents for paying by cash instead of using the Port
Authority ConnectCard. The authority would also eliminate paper
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transfers and the free bus rides within Downtown. Light rail rides on
the T would remain free within Downtown and the North Shore. Paper
transfers would be eliminated. $1 transfers would only be available via
the ConnectCard.
"It is time that we give back to our riders. Our riders have been
buffeted about for a decade. And we heard them. We spent two years
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listening, and we want to simplify the system," Port Authority CEO
Anyone who
Ellen McLean told Pittsburgh's Action News 4. She believes the
rides the bus
or T routes
Authority would make up for lost revenue with new riders.
on this list
should check the Port Authority
website or call customer
The proposed changes would not take effect until January, 2017. The
service for full details about the
Port Authority will be announcing a two-month period for the public to
changes.
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riders can
manage their
comment on the ideas.
Riders who spoke with Pittsburgh's Action News 4 welcomed the idea.
"People work hard for their money and just to pay transportation.
because people like me, I don't know how to drive and it has become
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accounts online through a new
website beginning Thursday.
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expensive," said Maria Callahan, who work in the South Hills, but lives
on the North Side.
"Any time they can lower the fare on public transportation, it's a good
thing because a lot of people use it," said Chuck Klazon of
Vandergrift, who said the proposed change could get him to use public transit more often. "Maybe. I
drive myself currently now, but if the fares were lower, that might be something I might do."
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