The pandemic-accelerated program made KCATA and RideKC rides free of charge.
For the first time since 2020, Kansas City bus riders must pay fares. But the Monday rollout did not go smoothly. While riders can no longer use cash payment, about a third of bus card readers were not working due to a server outage related to a Sunday storm, KCTV 5 reports.
New fares for the bus system are:
- $2 for a single ride
- $4 for a day pass
- $20 for a weekly pass
- $62.50 for a monthly pass
"Advocates said the change hits people who can least absorb another cost the hardest. Shelter KC said 50 to 75 percent of its clients rely on the bus to get to services. KCATA and United Way are distributing 20,000 free single-day passes to more than 100 nonprofits. The first batch is expected at the end of next week," KCTV reports.
Read the full story: Kansas City bus fares return after six years of free transit, technical problems arise
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