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a
decade.
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Thinkpad The state-run agency, apparently reversing a long reluctance in
Trenton to raise fares, wants riders on its buses, commuter trains
and the Newark subway to pay a 10 percent increase in the coming
year, and additional increases pegged to inflation in each of the
five years after that.
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proposal comes less than a week
after New York's comptroller, H. Carl McCall, warned that the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority might have to raise subway
and bus fares by 50 cents in 2003 to help close a budget gap.
The M.T.A. said such talk was premature, though it could not
rule out an increase.
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Laptop Computers New Jersey Transit's board of directors is to hold six public
hearings on Jan. 2 on the fare proposal and is expected to disclose
the locations at its meeting Wednesday, said James Weinstein, the
state transportation commissioner and the agency's board chairman.
If the board approves the increases, they will be the first since
1990 for the statewide system, supplementing fare revenues that
have declined 29 percent in real dollars over the last decade while
costs have risen 67 percent.
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Laptop Computer Exempted from the initial increase is the recently inaugurated
Hudson-Bergen light rail system, since the fare structure there
reflects current real costs, Mr. Weinstein said. After the first
year of the fare increase, that line and all others would be
subject to the inflation-driven increases, which would be automatic
and not require approval by the board.
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Desktop Computer "It is no secret that N.J. Transit is facing a budget crisis,"
Mr. Weinstein said. "I believe this is the right time to advance
this fare policy initiative."
Notebooks Some mass transit advocates and state officials noted today that
the timing of the proposal at the close of Acting Gov. Donald T.
DiFrancesco's administration and before a new Legislature and
Governor- elect James E. McGreevey take office was likely to
diffuse political blame for the fare increases and make their
adoption more likely.
Lenovo A spokeswoman for Mr. McGreevey declined comment tonight on the
fare proposal. "We have not received any information from New
Jersey Transit, and we have not reviewed the proposal," said the
spokeswoman, Jo Astrid Glading.
Hard Drive Many New Jersey commuters, who often find standing room only on
crowded trains and buses, are already angry about the level of
service and can be expected to be vocal in the hearings.
Travelstar Few rider advocates or others familiar with mass transit in the
state question the agency's need for higher fares and increased aid
to operate the nation's third- largest public transportation
system. Fares have not budged as state and federal operating
assistance to the agency has either stalled or declined in recent
years. The result is an annual operating deficit of $500 million,
said Martin E. Robins, principal writer of a report saying last
month that the agency was mired in a "financial morass."
Gateway "This is a reasonable first
step," said Mr. Robins, who
heads the Alan E. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers
University. "But the next administration needs to create a
blue-ribbon commission to look at transportation funding
overall."
Laptop Parts Jennifer Jaroski, New Jersey coordinator for the Tri-State
Transportation Campaign, a mass transit advocacy group, agreed that
a fare increase was needed, but as part of a balanced plan that
also raises the gasoline tax, which finances highways. Revenues
from drivers and from mass transit fares have to be balanced to
keep one from siphoning off funds from the other, she said.
Software "But I think this should be pushed back until McGreevey is in
office," she added. "He did campaign as a pro-transit candidate,
and it is his administration, after all, which will be stuck with
the decision."
Hard Drives Ranking members of transportation committees in both legislative
houses today welcomed the fare proposal, which they said should
mute some of the agency's requests for subsidies. It should also
enable some of the state's private bus lines to increase fares
without feeling that they are putting themselves at a competitive
disadvantage, said State Senator Andrew R. Ciesla, a Republican and
chairman of the Senate transportation committee. "But I don't think
that the automatic inflation increases in the other years are
fair," he said. "There needs to be some analysis of the marketplace
to see if it is necessary."
Electronics If adopted, the 10 percent fare increase would mean an
additional $44 million for the agency, which has an annual budget
of $1.138 billion. Mr. Robins said that the figure was just a small
fraction of the agency's deficit, and that continued state
subsidies would be necessary.
Canon In recent years, according to his study, New Jersey Transit has
made up for the lack of increases in subsidies and fares by using
federal and state funds intended for long-term capital investments
to meet some annual operating costs.
Desktop Pc This has been done, he said, with the willing assistance of
elected officials, who saw this approach as a way of avoiding
pressure on the state's general fund that might lead to tax
increases or less financing for other politically popular
programs.
Desktop Computers By Ronald Smothers
New York Times - 12/12/2001
Topic: Transportation
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