FUEL COSTS TROUBLES * USA - Another quarter to ride the bus this fall?
2nd proposed fare increase this year to cover fuel costs
Seattle,WASH,USA -Seattlepi, by GREGORY ROBERTS -July 3, 2008: -- Metro bus fares would rise an additional 25 cents this October in order to help cover rising fuel costs without cutting services, King County Executive Ron Sims said Thursday in announcing the proposed increase... If approved by the County Council, the fare increase would be the second this year: Metro increased adult fares 25 cents March 1 and raised fares for seniors, youths and disabled bus riders the same amount Tuesday. Those increases, the first for the bus system in seven years, were designed to address inflation in operating expenses over that time, including rising fuel prices, Metro general manager Kevin Desmond said...
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