Metro Vancouver mayors voted Friday to increase the regional gas tax and transit fares as a way to raise $130 million to help keep the region's transportation system running.
However, no new funding for the Evergreen Line, linking Burnaby and Coquitlam, was approved.
Under the plan, the regional gas tax will go up three cents from 12-cents per litre to 15- cents per litre.
Holders of FareSaver tickets and monthly passes will see prices go up by about 11 percent.
Cash fares will remain the same.
The changes will come into effect some time in 2010, TransLink spokesman Drew Snider told ctvbc.ca
