BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — For the last 17 years, a single ride on a Battle Creek Transit bus has cost $1.25.
Currently, Transit staff have proposed a 50-cent fare increase along with other changes to help better fund operations and services.
The City Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed increases on Tuesday, March 17th. The meeting will held at City Hall at 7 p.m.
The proposed fare increases are:
- Single bus ride – $1.25 to $1.75
- Reduced fare bus ride – 60 to 85 cents
- Multiple-ride bus passes – $6-$32 to $8-45
- Tele-Transit ADA and reduced fare – $2 to $3
Under the proposed changes, bus transfers would remain free as well as rides for children under 42 inches tall. Tele-Transit single rides and multiple-ride passes would remain the same cost-wise as well.
Officials say the proposed increases would generate an additional $141,757 in revenue, without implementing a transfer fee.
The last Battle Creek Transit single ride fare increase was in 2003, from $1 to $1.25 (25 percent). The proposed increase this year is a 40 percent increase.
If approved, the fare increases would go into effect on July 1.
