San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
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Proposed transit-fare hikes irk commuters, panelists. Complaints vented at SANDAG hearing. Coaster train commuters complained that they would have to pay $1 each way, or $40 a month, on the Sorrento Valley Coaster Connection – shuttles that they now ride for free between the Sorrento Valley station and employment centers. Because most of the funding to operate the shuttle at no charge is drying up, SANDAG is proposing the fare. Combined with a proposed increase of $14 for a monthly Coaster pass, the boosts in train and shuttle fares could add $54 a month to some riders' commutes. “It's going to drive people back to their cars,” said Mike Winter of Oceanside, who works in Sorrento Valley. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080531/news_1mc31fares.html
