Launched: Better Transit Now
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We launched our alternative ridership growth strategy,
Better Transit Now,
on Thursday July 25 2019 at Dufferin Station, the main transfer point of
the most overcrowded bus route in the city, the 29 Dufferin bus. This level of crowding, in addition to long wait times
and rising fares, discourages people from taking the TTC across the system,
leading to a ridership crisis. This deterioration of service is the result of
chronic underfunding of the TTC. And while everyday riders may not want more
people on their bus, population growth and the threat of climate change demand
that the TTC serves more people. Better service is needed to improve conditions
for current riders, and attract new riders to the system.
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Our alternative ridership growth strategy,
Better Transit Now, proposes four paths to improve our public transit system, increase ridership
and curb climate change. We also point to equitable ways to raise the revenue
needed to pay for it.
Like an "alternative budget," our strategy proposes a bolder version of the
TTC's most recent Ridership Growth Strategy.
This report was a collaborative effort of over a dozen TTCriders members and allies. It is grounded in the experience of everyday transit riders and sets out a bold vision for public transit that is accessible and affordable, and serves our communities well.
For each major strategy we estimated the ridership growth and corresponding reduction in GHG emissions to demonstrate the potential of investing in better transit. If all calculated strategies in this booklet were implemented, Toronto would achieve a savings of 57,781 tons of CO2 emissions per year, the equivalent of 13,532 homes' energy use or the amount absorbed by 2.4 million trees per year.
Read the full 40-page strategy with more background information & research: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ttcridersto/pages/2023/attachments/original/1639711533/TTCriders_BetterTransitNow_LongVersion.pdf?1639711533 Read the Annex that compares our Better Transit Now strategy with the TTC's 2018 Ridership Growth Strategy: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ttcridersto/pages/2023/attachments/original/1639711533/ANNEX-to-Better-Transit-Now.pdf?1639711533