Under the proposed bill, the council would raise the ticket price from $3 to $5--a move made, sponsors said, in order to break even after a loss of several hundred dollars last year.
"We can provide the service, while raising some money," said sponsor Vladimir A. Kleyman '02.
"If you had to pay $5 to get to the airport, would you feel robbed by the UC? No," asked Steven Chung '01.
However, former council treasurer Sterling P.A. Darling '01 called the hike excessive, and said that last year's loss on the shuttles was due to poor organization by the council. In fact, he said, last year was the only year that the council lost money on the service.
He argued that if the council put more effort into selling the tickets this year, the shuttles could break even without a price hike.
"It was the council's fault we didn't break even, not the student body's," Darling said. "Let's not base this on a past failure but a future success."
Several council members also objected to using the hike in order to make money on ticket sales.
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