[net-gold] TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: PASSENGER : TRANSPORATION: COMMUTER: RAILROAD : UNITED STATES: CITIES: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: New Trains? That's Not Where Your Metra Fare Hike Will Go
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- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:47:47 -0400 (EDT)
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New Trains? That's Not Where Your Metra Fare Hike Will Go
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New Trains? That's Not Where Your Metra Fare Hike Will Go
October 23, 2014
Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/
ct-metra-fare-edit-1024-20141023-story.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/odyjgop
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Let's set the record straight right up front: That 10.8 percent fare
increase Metra wants for next year is not about buying new trains.
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Only $2.4 million of the $27.3 million the fare hike would generate next
year would go toward the purchase of new rolling stock. The rest would
plug holes in the 2015 operating budget, including almost $20 million in
increased wages and benefits. Metra's operating expenses are going up 6.4
percent, well above the rate of inflation.
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And that 68 percent fare hike projected over the next 10 years? Most of
that would cover day-to-day expenses, too.
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Two weeks ago, Metra announced a $2.4 billion fleet modernization plan to
replace or restore hundreds of passenger cars and locomotives, many dating
to the Eisenhower administration. At the same time, Metra released a
10-year fare-projection plan with annual increases totaling 68 percent by
2024.
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Trotting them out in tandem had the effect, accidentally or on purpose, of
conflating the two: The fare hikes are the price commuters must pay for
desperately needed train upgrades, right? Wrong.
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Over 10 years, those fare increases would generate almost $1.28 billion.
Less than 20 percent of that is for new trains.
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We hope Metra riders will attend one of eight public hearings on Nov. 5
and 6 and demand that Metra justify those increases. Yes, we know, the
hearings are from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., when you're likely to be on a
homebound train. But Metra has signaled that it expects its operating
costs to rise every year for the next decade, and that its solution will
be to pass those costs along to you, 10 fare hikes in a row. You ought to
be steamed.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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