Check out this week's featured stories:

1. Our next Membership Mixer on September 19 at Civita! 

2. National Senior Citizens Day in Chula Vista 

3. Planning for Women – Women Walk PB

4. Traffic Calming Pop Up at Harbor Fest Demonstrates Safe Streets 

5. MTS Fare Changes Begin September 1st 

6. Nominations are Now Open for Circulate Momentum Awards 

MTS will be updating its fare structure starting on September 1^st, 2019. Our Executive Director Colin Parent spoke about it with KPBS.

Changes to fare policies are often a mix of good and bad. As a general matter, as costs go up, agencies must either raise fares or reduce service to balance the books. Surveys of MTS riders show that 65% indicated they preferred higher fares over reduced service eventually fares. Still, agencies can make choices to minimize impacts to the most cost-sensitive riders.

On the Pros: MTS is keeping fares constant for those who purchase monthly fares. Costs are also reduced for Day Passes for youth passes and Senior Disabled Medical riders. Some redundant passes were also eliminated in in interest of simplicity and clarity.

On the Cons: MTS is raising one-way and Day Pass fares. The fare policy continues to preclude free transfers between bus routes. In fact, the policy expands that inequity by eliminating free transfers between trolleys.

As Circulate San Diego has detailed in the past, and again this week on KPBS, MTS is one of only two of the nation’s largest transit agencies to not allow free or reduced transfers between buses.

MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Maya Rosas, Circulate San Diego
310-804-5256
mrosas@circulatesd.org