a hearing wednesday night and with the what the board members heard was an apparent consensus from metro s customers. nevertheless, they said they would prefer that fare increase and that 10-cnt fare increase. so, i listened and that was the overwhelming major of folks. reporter: the board members decided to junk the proposed cuts in service to order spending reductions at headquarters and to raise bus fares and rail fares by 10 cents a ride. no customers we encountered were happy about the higher fares but you stop riding the bus? no. you will pay it? yes. you know, already hard hit, will be hit more and that is, you know, bad. i would rather see that than the service cut. i take two transfers to get to work and if i didn t have the lines coming . no, i won t stop using it. it beats the driving in traffic. reporter: even before the emergency fare hike, the members were getting a first look at the general manager s proposed budget for next fiscal year wi