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Talk about timing. In the same week that the D.C. Taxicab Commission voted to approve increasing fares, a Metro committee similarly voted yesterday to increase what we all pay to ride the area’s trains and buses.

All told, according to the Examiner, the fare hikes, which go into effect on July 1, will add at least 10 cents to every bus ride, 25 cents to parking and as much as 75 cents to riding the train. (All told, it’s about a five percent increase for most riders.)

If you think your fare hikes suck, just be glad you’re not a tourist—they’ll be stuck paying an extra $1 for each one-way trip, though they will have the possibility of buying a $14 one-day rail pass that will replace the existing limited $9 option. For $230, more frequent users will be able to buy an unlimited 28-day pass.

The fare hikes are intended to cover a $103 million budget deficit for 2013, and will be voted on for a second and final time on April 26. But as TBD notes, Metro will have to work quickly to implement the new fares, lest it run the risk of losing up to $5 million a month starting in July.