I hate to be negative, but here goes anyway. Ten percent jump in rate as of January first. (This for me is almost $30.) You would think this might mean better service, but I rode the train five times this week, with three late arrivals, one a late pickup in the freezing cold. It would be nice if they turned up the heat on such days. We arrived an hour and a half late Wedesday as they said a car was stuck on the tracks. The other two days were switch problems or "congestion."
I know things happen which are hard to control. But that is not my only complaint. I feel the Lathrop/Manteca fare is steep compared to others. The monthly fare for the three stations over the hill Pleasanton, Livermore and Vasco is the same for all three $197.50. The fare then jumps to $256.25 to Tracy, thirty minutes from the Vasco Station. The train then travels ten minutes to Lathrop Manteca but the fare jumps to $316.25, A $60 a month jump. It then goes to Stockton, another fifteen minutes, but the fare is only$330; a jump of $13.50. So the result I get is the people in Lathrop/Manteca support, through unfair rates, the people who board in Tracy and Stockton. If the fare went up equally the Manteca fare would be $301. It could be that city governments support riders from Stockton and Tracy. However if this is not the case, it would appear riders who board in Lathrup/Manteca do support them with an artificially high rate.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
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