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For years, eligible Chicago-area seniors and people with disabilities have been able to apply for permits to either ride transit for free or at reduced fares. But the number of free and reduced ...
A reduced fare program refers to special programs providing particular passengers with a discounted fare option for travel on a public transport system. In the United States, public transportation systems that receive federal funding are required to offer, at minimum, half fares to the elderly and handicapped persons during off peak travel. [1]
The 1983 legislation also imposed the requirements that the level of fares must be sufficient, in the aggregate, to equal 50 percent of the cost of providing transportation, [18] and that the RTA Board inform each Service Board, as part of the budget process, of its required recovery ratio for the next fiscal year.
Monthly Pass (Reduced Fare)* Bus/Rail $39.00 Combo Pass Bus/Rail $98.00 University Semester Pass Bus/Rail $175.00 * Reduced fares require a Metro reduced fare permit [52] † Two-hour passes can only be purchased as a mobile fare option on the Transit app [52]
Washington, D.C. planned to eliminate fares on all of the city’s buses beginning this summer, but it has been delayed over budget shortfalls. The transit agency faces a $750 million operating ...
As part of a state-funded pilot program, the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority is offering free rides on some of its routes through March 31.
All fare collection and payment equipment was designed to be retrofitted at a later date with smart card readers, a technology that was on the horizon. A small pilot program ("Chicago Gold") for reduced-fare disabled riders in 1999 led to a contract with Cubic to install smart card readers universally in 2000.
The RTD fare structure is based on a zone system for rail and a service level system for bus. Since the start of 2024, local/limited bus routes or a trip on rail costs $2.75, and travel on bus or rail to Denver International Airport costs $10. [46] Seniors, students, people with disabilities, and Medicare recipients are eligible for reduced ...