Transit fares to increase slightly in South Okanagan

Transit fares to increase slightly in South Okanagan | iNFOnews.ca
BC Transit fares are set to increase slightly in the new year. BC Transit images

PENTICTON – It’s going to cost a little more to use public transit in the South Okanagan in 2015.

B.C. Transit announced Dec.22 cash fares on local trips in Osoyoos will rise from $1.75 from $1.50.

Fares between Osoyoos and Penticton, and places in between, are also up 25 cents, but for longer regional trips, the price rises by $1.

For example, it will now cost  $11 to travel from Osoyoos to Kelowna airport, up from $10.

A monthly pass for users travelling from Osoyoos to Penticton will cost $110, unchanged from 2014.

For more information, please contact the BC Transit website.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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