Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Warren transit fares likely to rise
Hearing gets one comment
BY SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — Warren County commissioners plan to vote this week on increased fares for the Warren County Transit system after a public hearing Tuesday at which one person showed to praise the service.
Dorothy Hall of Maineville uses the door-to-door van system four weekdays out of five, she told commissioners. In fact, she took it to the meeting.
“I'm very satisfied with the service,” said Mrs. Hall, 68.
After the meeting, she explained how she relies on the system to take her to volun teer work, bingo games and errands.
“It's my way of getting around,” she said.
County officials said the fares are expected to climb to $1.50 from $1.25 for a trip within the county and to Middletown; the fare for elderly and disabled people would go to 75 cents from 50 cents; trips to Dayton, Ohio, and Cincinnati would increase to $3 from $2.50.
The reason for the fare increase is because the cost of the county's overall contract for the service climbed from to $798,600 for 1999, up from $684,535 last year, because of higher labor costs at service provider Universal Transportation Systems of Fairfield.
Aside from state and federal grants, the county's share of the service's cost went up to $167,000 from about $100,000.
This is the second time since the service began in 1980 that fares are being increased. The last time was 1982, said Jerry Haddix, the county's grants coordinator who oversees the transit system.
“It was apparent to us it would only be fair to look at ridership fares,” said Commis sioner C. Michael Kilburn. “We're only asking ridership to make up 20 percent” of the almost $70,000 cost increase to the county.
Commissioners plan to vote on the fare increases at a meeting Thursday in the Warren County Administration Building, 320 E. Silver St. in Lebanon. If approved, the new fares would take effect March 1.
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