[Mpls] re: Bus service cuts and fare hikes

[Tim Bonham]

>We have what Metro Transit staff calls "an efficient system for recovery 
>costs" due to the high percentage of operating costs paid by riders. These 
>proposed fare hikes will bring the fare box recovery to somewhere between 
>30 and 35% of operations - MUCH higher than most systems nationally.
>. . .
>Robert Lilligren (3 bus trips today)
         And that is still a much higher proportion than is paid by 
automobile drivers for highways.  They only pay about 20-24% of the costs 
of highways (construction, maintenance, & operation) -- the rest is paid by 
the general taxpayers of the state.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson