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KamaAina

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3. The problem is that people who ride the bus to BART pay an additional fare

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 02:27 PM

Dec 2013

unlike, say, DC Metro, BART does not run city or suburban buses. So for a trip within Oakland, the BART fare may be $1.75, but you have to tack on a $1.85 bus fare ($2.10 minus .25 cents transfer discount), for a whopping total of $3.60.

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BART considers charging peak-hour premiums [View all] KamaAina Dec 2013 OP

Raising the peak rate, and rasing the age for youth discounts at the same time? arcane1 Dec 2013 #1

They should just raise the base fare. Agschmid Dec 2013 #2

The problem is that people who ride the bus to BART pay an additional fare KamaAina Dec 2013 #3

Valid. Agschmid Dec 2013 #4

The MBTA commuter rail is the closest equivalent to BART. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #6

And $1.75 is just the base fare. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #5