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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Jul 1 23:54:32 2010, in response to Re: WhineMATA, posted by Dupont Circle Station on Thu Jul 1 22:48:35 2010. This is the beauty of WMATA's fare infrastructure, it gives them the ability to charge differently for specific station pairs as deemed necessary. It isn't necessarily straightforward, but it does allow for riders to pay for what they use, and can be used to provide discounts for where capacity exists while charging a higher fare for where it does not.I'm not proposing creating multiple spheres per se. I am proposing that for starters, the mileage rate for longer trips should be equal to that for shorter trips. With made up values here, let's say the rush hour fare is 1 dollar for the first 3 miles and then 50 cents for each additional mile, with the fare prorated for fractions, and a maximum of 10 dollars (obviously the base fare in this scenario is much lower than it is in reality, but it serves my example well). A trip that is 2.5 composite miles costs 1 dollar. A 3.5 mile long trip would be $1.25. A 15 mile trip would be 10 dollars. If DC wants to further subsidize fares for trips between certain stations under the assumption those riders are mostly from DC, they should go ahead and do so. Parking fees ought to be decreased, I think one of the biggest issues facing long distance end of the line riders is that they have to pay close to 5 dollars a day to park, and then up to 5 more to ride. |
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