Your daily $2.25 chariot is about to become your daily $2.50 ride, and more if you don’t use a Clipper card. The upcoming fare increase is a part of the Automatic Fare Indexing Policy that started in 2009, which means that prices are determined by a formula based on monetary inflation and operations costs. The nitty gritty formula is in the fare indexing policy page here.
This year’s fare hike details from the SFMTA:
| Single-Trip Fares |
Current |
July 1, 2017 |
| Regular Adult: Cash and Limited-Use Tickets (from Metro station machines) |
$2.50 |
$2.75 |
| Regular Adult: Clipper Card and MuniMobile App |
$2.25 |
$2.50 |
| Discount* Adult: Cash and Limited-Use Tickets |
$1.25 |
$1.35 |
| Discount* Adult: Clipper Card or MuniMobile App |
$1.00 |
$1.25 |
| Monthly Passes |
Current |
July 1, 2017 |
| Adult “A” Monthly Pass (Muni + BART within San Francisco) |
$91.00 |
$94.00 |
| Adult “M” Monthly Pass (Muni only) |
$73.00 |
$75.00 |
| Adult Lifeline Monthly Pass (Low income) |
$36.00 |
$38.00 |
| Discount* Monthly Pass (Muni only) |
$36.00 |
$38.00 |
*Discounted rates are available for youth (5-18), seniors (65+), people with disabilities and Medicare recipients.
If this seems more frequent than usual, you’re correct: the last fare increase in January was not a part of Automatic Fare Indexing but a change to the fare policy. Get more of those quarters (or your Clipper card) ready, folks. And remember the right currency: Muni no longer takes magic beans!
Pic by Flickr user Christina B. Castro