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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Gormy Cuss

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6. The MBTA commuter rail is the closest equivalent to BART.

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 06:41 PM

Dec 2013

IOW, it's not a subway system with a relatively flat fee regardless of the number of stops. It cost $1.75 to walk through the turnstile but most users pay considerable more than that because they travel beyond the minimum mile zones.

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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