Culver CityBus fare proposal meetings

[mattapoisett]

Unfortunately there is not much warning for this but tomorrow, March 8th Culver CityBus will be hosting open houses regarding fare change proposals

Here’s the info from Culver CityBus:

Culver CityBus is pleased to invite your participation in a discussion of Proposed Fare Changes. Join us March 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in City Hall – Patacchia Room, 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232.

To obtain public comments and suggestions on the proposed fare changes to help with the reduction of boarding time, fraud, issuance of invalid transfers and to encourage the use of TAP cards. The changes are proposed to take effect on Spring – Summer 2018. Ultimately, a formal recommendation will be made to the City Council which will be considered on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7:00 PM in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers at City Hall. For more information visit: www.culvercitybus.com

[exporider]

That link doesn't work but I found info at this link: www.culvercity.org/home/showdocument?id=12682

It doesn't look like they plan to change the fares, just the transfer policy:
PROPOSED FARE CHANGES
- No Paper Inter-Agency, Local or Emergency Transfers
- Transfers Paid for with TAP Card ONLY
- Pay for Transfer on 2nd Bus Instead of on 1st Bus
- Transfer Time Period 2½ hrs. between Boarding 1st & 2nd Bus
- One Transfer Per Paid Fare
- No Longer Accept Pennies
- No Longer Accept Metro Tokens
- Add Money, $5 - $20, to TAP Card at Farebox

I occasionally use CCB to get to/from the Expo Line, but the list above doesn't describe how inter-agency transfers will be affected, other than there won't be a paper transfer any more. My hope is that the TAP software will recognize the transfer, but that sounds naive to expect.

[mattapoisett]

Metro is working towards rolling out automatic paperless transfers for this summer. This meeting, which was not well publicized, is part of the process for Culver CityBus to follow Metro in making that goal happen.