Transit committee chair Diane Deans

OC Transpo plans to raise transit fares for almost all riders July 1, but how much depends on how you pay for your ride.

Pass-holders would see an increase around the 2.4 per cent specified in the city’s draft budget.

A regular monthly pass would cost $94, up from $91.50, 2.7 per cent more.

Riders who use bus tickets or the O-Train face the biggest increases if the plan is approved.

Bus tickets would climb from $1.25 to $1.30, a four per cent hike, while an O-Train ticket would jump from $2.75 to $2.85, up 3.6 per cent.

The price of cash fares, DayPasses and community passes would not rise.

OC Transpo revealed the proposed increases to the city’s transit commission yesterday in their 2011 Marketing Plan. The commission will hear from the public on the transit budget Feb. 24.

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