Valleywide : Discount Bus Fares for Riders in Pairs
Four bits is now enough to bring a friend along for a bus trip on Sundays and holidays.
Until September, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is offering a 50-cent fare to anyone accompanying a person paying the full $1.35 fare on those days.
Riders should simply board the bus with the friend and ask for the discounted rate, said MTA spokesman Greg Davy, describing the agency’s Fundays program, which started Sunday.
Discount coupons are also available wherever discount passes are sold.
But transportation officials can’t yet say if the attempt to boost bus ridership is working.
“Ridership historically has been slow on the weekends and holidays,” Davy said. “This was done to make more people familiar with our service. It takes a while to get ridership figures.”
The MTA also is trying to promote new buses that are being put into service and others that are being upgraded.
In September, the MTA board will decide whether to continue the discount program.
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