transit fare planning

Transit Fare Cap Calculator

Compare pay-per-ride transit costs against daily, weekly, and monthly fare caps for a selected travel period.

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Fare inputs

Ride count, fare, comparison period, and optional caps

Examples

4 presets
Comparison period

Fare caps

Blank caps are ignored by the existing fare-cap API.

daily / weekly / monthly
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Fare cap result

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Best cost for the month

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Run the comparison to see the best cap, normalized cost, effective ride price, and savings.

Effective cost
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needs at least one ride

Savings
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compared with uncapped fares

Uncapped
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fare multiplied by rides

Best cap
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no reducing cap yet

Normalized comparison

Normalized cap costs appear after the API response is ready.
Break-even notes

Run the comparison to see where each supplied cap starts beating the per-ride fare.

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