The Green Caltrain blog is sponsored by BayRail Alliance, an all-volunteer non-profit organization supporting green rail transit in the Bay Area. This blog and BayRail have no affiliation with Caltrain.Caltrain proposes to eliminate 8-ride tickets and raise fares on paper tickets
Caltrain is planning to eliminate 8-ride tickets and raise fares on paper tickets. The 8-ride tickets, which is available on Clipper cards only, offer a 15% discount off the regular one way fares. Besides eliminating the 8-ride tickets, Caltrain also plans to increase fares on one way and day pass paper tickets by 25 cents and 50 cents per zone respectively. However the one way fares for riders using Clipper Cards would stay the same.
If this proposal takes effect, regular riders using Clipper and 8-ride tickets would have to pay a higher fare for each ride, but not as much as those who buy paper tickets. On the other hand, riders currently buying paper tickets could avoid the fare increase by paying with a Clipper card.
Is this proposal fair to those who use 8-ride tickets? Caltrain will be accepting public comments at four public meetings throughout the three counties later this month and at the JPB meeting in February.
JPB meeting
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 at 10 a.m.
1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos
Public meetings
Caltrain will hold four public meetings to present the proposal and receive comments. The meetings will take place in:
Gilroy – Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.
Gilroy Senior Center, 7371 Hanna St.
San Francisco – Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.
San Francisco Tennis Club, 645 Fifth St.
Mountain View – Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 500 Castro St.
San Carlos – Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.
Caltrain Administrative Office, 1250 San Carlos Ave.
Caltrain also accepts written comments by email: changes@caltrain.com
