Q & A with Sarah Ross, Senior Manager, TransLink Strategy and Plan Development
September 27, 2012
Q & A with Sarah Ross, Senior Manager, TransLink Strategy and Plan Development
September 27, 2012
Here’s the video answer to the poll question we asked earlier today, True or false: Most of TransLink’s revenue comes from fares. The answer, as Sarah Ross, Senior Manager of TransLink Strategy and Plan Development explains, is false.
Fares make up roughly a third of our revenues. I’ll let Sarah and the video speak for themselves in respect to what makes up the rest of our revenue. This infograghic found on the draft 2013 Base Plan page provides some more perspective on our current financial challenge (remember, figures are rounded).
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The discussion so far has been great. Keep it up everyone!
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Shouldn’t the $93 million in lost revenue from transit service not put in place be offset by the $150-200 million it would take to put this service out on the network in the first place (which is not being expended)?
Hi Eric — I sent your question over to planning and here’s the response.