Metra Hikes Rates by 50 Cents per Ride

If Metra's the way you get to to work, you're soon to be paying 50 cents per ride, according to the Chicago Tribune:

Metra officials this morning approved fare hikes for riders but scaled back proposed increases for Chicago riders after residents and others complained.

Under the agreement approved today, fares for Chicago riders will increase only 50 cents per ride instead of 75 cents like other areas, officials said.

Metra planned to scale back proposed fare hikes orginally set at up to 69 percent for Chicago riders in the face of complaints that city residents would be paying disproportionately higher increases than suburban customers, the Tribune has learned.

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