King county is going both directions with a low income fare of 1. 50 and at the same time, fares will go up for richer riders to a high of 3. 25 at peak hours. Sort of a classically goodhearted seattle move to say you folks need to ride the bus. Ride it for 1. 50. Is this in its own way redistribution . Its not just about altruism though, you know . Its about economic development. We need to make sure workers can get to work. Its about economic opportunity. In a Transit System that has had 5 fare hikes in 5 years, price is a sensitive point. San francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. In king county it could cost 7 to 9 Million Dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. Were eliminating routes, were cutting back service in some areas, theres pressure on the system in terms of money and were saying okay, were gonna make things cheaper. S
Bus. Ride it for 1. 50. Is this in its own way redistribution . Its not just about altruism though, you know . Its about economic development. We need to make sure workers can get to work. Its about economic opportunity. In a Transit System that has had 5 fare hikes in 5 years, price is a sensitive point. San francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. In king county it could cost 7 to 9 Million Dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. Were eliminating routes, were cutting back service in some areas, theres pressure on the system in terms of money and were saying okay, were gonna make things cheaper. So it seems almost counter intuitive. Yeah, well not everyone has the money to afford the kinds of fares weve arrived at in king county. We need em, we need em to bring in the revenue to keep the busses on the road. There was no vote on this
On the night of september 26th, 2014 students from a small school in the mexican state of guerrero were driving through the city of iguala. When they were stopped by police. And then fired upon 43 of them were never seen again since the students were taken mexico has been consumed by protests. But the story goes deeper than the 43. Tens of thousands of people have gone missing in mexico. As the government struggles to battle cartels. Fault lines came here before and after septembers attack on the students to try to find out why so many people are disappearing in mexico. The school the missing students attended is here, the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural College of ayotzinapa where they were training to become teachers. Ts part of a network of schools known as the normales or normalistas. Founded in the aftermath of mexicos revolution to provide teachers for the countrys poorest communities. Many of the students who were taken in september had just begun their first year at ayotzinapa. The cl
On the night of september 26th, 2014 students from a small school in the mexican state of guerrero were driving through the city of iguala. When they were stopped by police. And then fired upon 43 of them were never seen again since the students were taken mexico has been consumed by protests. But the story goes deeper than the 43. Tens of thousands of people have gone missing in mexico. As the government struggles to battle cartels. Fault lines came here before and after septembers attack on the students to try to find out why so many people are disappearing in mexico. The school the missing students attended is here, the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural College of ayotzinapa where they were training to become teachers. Ts part of a network of schools known as the normales or normalistas. Founded in the aftermath of mexicos revolution to provide teachers for the countrys poorest communities. Many of the students who were taken in september had just begun their first year at ayotzinapa. The cl
The mexican state of guerrero were driving through the city of iguala. When they were stopped by police. And then fired upon 43 of them were never seen again since the students were taken mexico has been consumed by protests. But the story goes deeper than the 43. Tens of thousands of people have gone missing in mexico. As the government struggles to battle cartels. Fault lines came here before and after septembers attack on the students to try to find out why so many people are disappearing in mexico. The school the missing students attended is here, the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural College of ayotzinapa where they were training to become teachers. Ts part of a network of schools known as the normales or normalistas. Founded in the aftermath of mexicos revolution to provide teachers for the countrys poorest communities. Many of the students who were taken in september had just begun their first year at ayotzinapa. The classrooms they should be in. Now serve as both a memorial and a base f