HTN: Metro Hikes Mean Higher School Costs

The Buffalo School District is getting hit with an additional half-million-dollar in bussing fees because of the fare hikes on Metro Bus and Rails. That added expense wasn't provided for in the current budget, so school officials have worked out a deal with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to pay the money next year. The city relies on public busses to transport more than eleven-thousand kids to school each day. Over the course of a full school year the fare hikes will cost the school district more than one-million dollars per year.