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Comprehensive Fare Ordinance amendments proposed

The SANDAG Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing at a special meeting on September 20, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. to receive comments on proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Fare Ordinance. The Ordinance is proposed to be updated to include the fare for the North County Transit District (NCTD) SPRINTER light rail service, price changes to Regional monthly transit passes, some Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) cash fares, and a change in the MTS transfer policy.SPRINTER

Proposed SPRINTER Fare
SPRINTER service fares are proposed to be priced the same as BREEZE with the basic fare (age 6 and older) priced at $2 for a single-ride and $4 for an unlimited use Day Pass. All MTS and NCTD passes valid on BREEZE will be valid on SPRINTER.

Proposed MTS Changes
The Regional Monthly Passes are proposed to be increased from $60 to $64, with Youth Monthly Passes proposed to increase from $30 to $32, the Senior, Disabled and Medicare Monthly Passes proposed to increase from $15 to $16, and the premium Adult Monthly Pass proposed to increase from $84 to $90. Proposed cash fare increases on MTS services include local fares increasing from $1.75 to $2.00, and premium express fares increasing from $4 to $5. It also is proposed to eliminate transfers among MTS services. Transfers will be replaced by the current $5 day pass to be offered on all MTS services. In addition, changes are proposed to the Fare Ordinance to limit the value of the COASTER Juror ticket to $4 when used on MTS rural services.

Public HearingMTS
The Public Hearing will be held at 12:30 p.m., on September 20, 2007, in the NCTD Board Room located in the basement of the NCTD offices at 810 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, CA. To submit comments in advance of the public hearing, please write to Fare Public Hearing, 401 B Street, Ste. 800, San Diego, CA 92101, call (619) 699-1947, fax (619) 699-1905 or visit the public hearing Web site at www.sandag.org/farecomments.

If you cannot attend the public hearing, the deadline for written, fax, Web, and phone comments from the public for the September 20 hearing is September 18, 2007, at 5 p.m.

SANDAG will hold an additional public hearing on October 5, 2007, at the regular meeting of the SANDAG Transportation Committee at 9 a.m. on the 7th Floor at 401 B Street, San Diego, CA. If you cannot attend either public hearing, the deadline for written, fax, Web, and phone comments from the public for the October 5 hearing is October 3, 2007, at 5 p.m.

This information will be made available in alternative formats upon request. To request this notice in an alternative format please call (619) 699-1947.

The full text of the proposed fare ordinance is available online at www.sandag.org/sprinterfare.

Project Manager:
Dan Levy, Senior Transportation Planner
dle@sandag.org, (619) 699-6942