COLUMBIA - The surge in diesel fuel prices over the past year has prompted Columbia Public Works to propose to double the city's public transportation fares for the next fiscal year. If approved by City Council, the increase would be Columbia Transit and Paratransit's first in 22 years.
Columbia officials want to double bus fares
Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 8:26 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:39 p.m. CDT, Saturday, August 9, 2008
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