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Earlier this week, TriMet announced it would be increasing the price of a standard 2½-hour adult fare by 30 cents.
TriMet’s board voted 6-1 to approve the 12% hike, making it the first fare increase for adult riders in more than a decade. The 30-cent increase goes into effect Jan. 1, 2024.
Today, we sent Zave Payne, a Reed College filmmaker and host of Hot Mic, our weekly civics quiz, to the Portland riverfront to see if Portlanders knew what the new, increased fare would be.
And spoiler alert: Only one person got it right. Unless, of course, you count the person who said, “That’s too much.”
Correction: This story originally misstated the scope of a TriMet fare. It applies to unlimited rides for a two-hour, 30-minute period. WW regrets the error.
