PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit will conduct a public hearing on a proposed fare increase Monday.
The hearing will be at 1 p.m. at the Clallam Transit office at 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles
The proposed fare increase would raise the base fare from 75 cents to $1 on all fixed-route and paratransit modes of travel.
The premium day pass fare would increase from $2 to $3.
Summer quarter youth passes would increase from $10 to $20.
No change to the monthly bus pass rate is proposed.
The hearing will be the second of three public hearings on the proposal.
The first was March 15 in Sequim.
The third hearing will be at 1 p.m. May 17 in the Forks City Council chambers at 500 E. Division St.
The Forks hearing also will include a proposal to cut service on certain additional holidays.
Monday’s hearing will deal only with proposed fare increases since a hearing on service cuts was held in Port Angeles on Feb. 22.
Clallam Transit’s operating expenses are projected to outweigh operating revenue $7.9 million to $6.8 million this year, Terry Weed, Clallam Transit general manager, has said.
Clallam Transit’s last fare hike was in 1997.
Clallam Transit is proposing cutting service on Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Veterans Day and the day after Thanksgiving.
Clallam Transit buses do not run now on Sundays and on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
If approved, the service changes would take effect in July and first impact Veterans Day on Nov. 11.
Weed has said the cutback probably would be temporary.
Economic conditions would determine how long the service cuts would remain in effect, Weed said.
Clallam Transit typically runs buses Monday through Saturday.
Information about the proposed changes is available at the Clallam Transit office at 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, or by phoning the office at 360-452-1315 or 800-858-3747.
Written comments on service reductions will be taken until May 7. They can be mailed to the Clallam Transit office in Port Angeles.
