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Appropriations committee hears DOT plan on fares, Town Aid Road and special-transportation fund pressures
Summary
Department of Transportation officials told lawmakers the governor's budget includes proposals to continue rail and bus service and to consider a modest fare increase; DOT discussed moving Town Aid Road funding back to bonding and warned the special transportation fund may show a deficiency in the next biennium.
Transportation leaders told the Appropriations Committee the governor's budget seeks to balance service needs with rising costs across transit, paratransit and municipal road assistance.
On bus fares, DOT staff said a proposed 25-cent fare increase is an option to avoid cutting service as labor and materials costs rise. The department described work on a statewide fare study and a pilot tap-and-pay system that could standardize fares and transfers across transit districts. "If it's a trade off between cutting service or increasing it by 25¢, I would on the side of increasing it 25¢," the secretary said; DOT…
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