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McHenry County DOT committee backs PTAC recommendation to change MC Ride fares and verify reduced fares
Summary
The county transportation committee reviewed PTAC recommendations to move MC Ride from a flat first-5-mile fare to a distance-tiered structure and to require RTA card verification for reduced fares; staff said the package would nearly double farebox recovery and that an IGA with Pace will reflect the changes.
The McHenry County Division of Transportation committee on an administrative meeting day reviewed a recommendation from the County’s Public Transportation Advisory Committee (PTAC) to change MC Ride and Connect program fares and to require verification for reduced fares.
PTAC staff recommended combining two changes: a distance-based fare structure for MC Ride and a verification requirement for reduced fares (using Regional Transportation Authority, RTA, ID cards). Drew Duffin, transportation planning manager, said the goal is to move the system’s farebox recovery ratio from roughly 5% toward a target near 10%.
“We’ve been hovering around 5% for the last year,” Duffin said. “So we’re just trying to get us more towards that target, farebox recovery ratio of about 10%.” He and staff presented four scenarios considered by PTAC and said the committee recommended a blended approach: a graduated, distance-tiered fare plus verification for reduced fares.
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