File #: 2004-0482    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 10/18/2004 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 11/1/2004 Final action: 2/7/2005
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; revising rates of fare; and amending Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.015
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Indexes: Budget, Fees, Transportation
Code sections: 28.94.015 -
Attachments: 1. 2004-0478 thru 0482 Hearing Notice.doc, 2. 2004-0482 Attachment 6 to 11-9-04 Staff Report (Transit Operating Program Budget and Revenues 1996-2005), 3. 2004-0482 Attachment 4 to 11-9-04 Staff Report (Transit Fare Policies), 4. 2004-0482 Attachment 5 to 11-9-04 Staff Report (Fare Revenue as a Percentage of Operating Expense), 5. 2004-0482 Attachment 7 to 11-9-04 Staff Report (Transit Sservice Growth Scenarios), 6. 2004-0482 Fiscal Note.xls, 7. 2004-0482 Regulatory Note.doc, 8. 2004-0482 Revised Staff Report, 9. 2004-0482 staff report 11-9-04, 10. 2004-0482 Transmittal Letter.doc
Staff: Thornbury, Arthur
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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; revising rates of fare; and amending Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.015
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance proposes changes in the fares currently charged for county public transportation services.
B. These fees are assessed under K.C.C. 2.99.030.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.015 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Rates of fare for transit program.
A. Except as may otherwise be provided by ordinance, the following fare categories and rates are established for regularly scheduled county public transportation service on buses, trolleys, transit vans, dial-a-ride vehicles and streetcars:


Off-peak
One-zone
Peak
Two-zone
Peak
Regular fare
(($1.25)) $1.50
(($1.50)) $1.75
(($2.00)) $2.25
Child fare
No charge
No charge
No charge
Youth fare
(($.50)) $0.75
(($.50)) $0.75
(($.50)) $0.75
Family fare
(($1.25)) $1.50
N/A
N/A
Seniors and persons with disabilities fare
(($.25)) $0.50
$0.50
$0.50
The fare categories and rates are subject to, and defined by, the following:
1. The descriptions of transit zones are set forth in K.C.C. 28.94.030;
2. The time-of-day limitations for peak period trips and off-peak period trips are set forth in K.C.C. 28.92.115 and 28.92.100;
3. The child fare is available to persons up to six years old when accompanied by a responsible person paying the proper fare as set forth in this chapter. Up to four children may ride with each responsible person;
4. The youth fare is available to persons from six through seventeen years old and persons over seventeen years old who attend regular sessions of junior or senior high school;
5. The family fare is available to a group that includes a person at least eighteen years old and up to four persons seventeen years old or younger. The family fare is valid on Sundays and the day...

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