Your SEPTA commute could get a bit more expensive, according to an announcement the transit agency made last week.
SEPTA is proposing a series of fare increases. If approved by the SEPTA board, the changes would go into effect July 1.
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SEPTA has previously increased fares in 2007, 2010 and 2013. An increase was scheduled for 2016, but that was postponed because of the roll out of the SEPTA Key, a card-based fare payment system.
The fares help to fund the everyday operations of SEPTA, including fuel and manpower, officials said in a statement.
A summary of the proposed increases from the press release follows:
- Cash Fare/Quick Trip: Increase from $2.25 to $2.50
- Tokens/discounted single ride with Key: From $1.80 to $2
- Transit Transfers would remain unchanged at $1
- Disabled Fare: From $1 to $1.25
- Paratransit/Shared Ride: $4 to $4.25
- Weekly TransPass: From $24 to $25.50 (up to 56 trips for one customer)
- Monthly TransPass: rom $91 to $96 (up to 240 trips for one customer)
- Weekly TrailPasses: Currently $27.25-$53, depending on zone; proposed increase to $28.25- $55.75 (up to 56 trips for one customer)
- Monthly TrailPasses: Currently $101-$191, depending on zone; proposed increase to $105-$204 (up to 240 trips for one customer)
- Convenience Pass: From $8 to $9
- Independence Pass: Individual – $12 to $13; Family – $29 to $30
- Ten Trip Discounted Fares for Regional Rail: Currently $38-80 depending on zone; proposed increase to $40-$82.50. (Please note: Ten-Trip Tickets will be replaced upon implementation of the SEPTA Key)
- Parking: Regional Rail surface lot daily parking fee would increase from $1 to $1.25 with implementation of the SEPTA Key. Surface lot monthly permits would increase from $20 to $25.
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SEPTA will be holding hearings for the increases in the five counties where the service operates. In Bucks County, those meetings will be held on Tuesday, April 20 at the Bucks County Free Library at 150 South Pine Street in Doylestown at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
