How Much Have TriMet’s Fares Increased?

At the beginning of this week, TriMet announced that it would increase the price of an average adult one-way fare by 30 cents.

The fare increase for adult users will be the first in almost a decade, as the board of directors of TriMet only needed one vote to approve the 12% increase. The price hike of thirty cents will take effect on January 1, 2024.

You can see a related tweet with the above information-

This is our first fare increase for Adult riders in over a decade. Most frequent riders will not be affected, as this increase only applies to 2½-Hour Tickets and Day Passes. Month Pass and Annual Pass prices will stay the same.

— TriMet (@trimet) May 26, 2023

At the Portland riverside today, we dispatched Zave Payne, a filmmaker at Reed College and the host of Hot Mic, our weekly civics quiz, to find out how many people are aware of the upcoming price rise and whether or not they are prepared for it.

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