transit fare planning

Transit Fare Compare

Compare two transit fare options by ride cost, ride volume, monthly pass price, and annual savings.

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Fare options

Label each choice, then enter fares, weekly rides, month normalization, and optional passes.

Examples

4 presets

Result period

Option A

Option A labelAgency, pass, fare type, or route choice.

Fareper ride

Ridesper week

Weeksper month

Blank uses the API default of 4.33.Passper month

Leave blank when this option has no pass.

Option B

Option B labelAgency, pass, fare type, or route choice.

Fareper ride

Ridesper week

Weeksper month

Blank uses the API default of 4.33.Passper month

Leave blank when this option has no pass.

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Fare comparison

Submit valid fares to compare.

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Run a fare comparison

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Compare ride volume, per-ride cost, and optional monthly passes across two transit choices.

Option A cost

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selected cheapest basis

Option B cost

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selected cheapest basis

Savings gap

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winner difference

Normalized period

month

weekly rides x weeks/month

The side-by-side fare table appears after the API returns a valid comparison.

Copy summary

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Run the comparison to generate a copy-ready fare summary. Copy is disabled when inputs no longer match the result.

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