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Board urges MTA to study $30 FastPass for 18–21; measure passes after close votes
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a nonbinding resolution urging the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) to consider a $30 monthly FastPass for 18–21 year-olds, after lengthy debate and two closely contested roll-call votes.
Supervisor Jake McGoldrick introduced a resolution urging the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) to consider a reduced $30 monthly FastPass for 18- to 21-year-olds, and the Board of Supervisors adopted the measure after a series of amendments and close roll-call votes.
The resolution asks MTA officials to consider a $30 FastPass to take effect in January of the 2007–08 MTA budget cycle and includes a fiscal estimate supplied to the board during debate. Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, the item’s author, said the measure is an urging resolution rather than a mandate: “I think that is a very, very worthy effort that our city should be making on behalf of young people,” he said, and described an estimated annual cost of about $3,139,000 and a partial-year startup cost of roughly $1.6 million.
Nut graf: The measure is nonbinding. It directs the MTA to study whether a lower-priced monthly pass for…
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