The Port Avalon Transit Authority board postponed a vote on its fare overhaul Wednesday after more than 90 riders signed up to speak, most of them opposed to the plan in its current form.
The proposal would replace the system’s three fare zones with a flat $2.75 fare. Transit officials say it would simplify a confusing system and speed up boarding, but riders from the city’s outer neighborhoods said it would raise their costs.
“For somebody riding two stops downtown, this is a raise. For me, it’s a cut. But I want to know what happens to the night buses,” said Carla Mendez, who said she commutes from Westfield to a hospital shift.
Board chair Daniel Okoro said the authority would return with a revised plan in November, including an analysis of how the change would affect low-income riders.
