the same thing that has driven so many people to begin riding the bus, has metro transit management making initial moves toward a fare hike.

high fuel prices have caused the met council transportation committee to approve a series of public hearings this summer, to gauge reaction to a fare hike that would go into effect in october. the last two fare hikes have been 25 cents--no word on what the target for this increase would be. fares were last raised in july, 2005