Launched: New report calls for lower fares to win back transit riders

A new report by transit user group TTCriders is calling for lower fares to win back transit riders and make the TTC safe and accessible now. TTC ridership is at approximately 30% of pre-pandemic levels. World class cities like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. are introducing lower fares and more frequent, reliable service to win back riders and address inequalities.

Click here to download the report: "Transform the TTC: Pandemic Recovery Fare Policies for a Thriving Transit System" or read it below.

Key recommendations in TTCriders’ report include: lower fares for working poor residents, encouraging mask use, expanding fare-free TTC to people receiving social assistance and high school students, funding free transfers between TTC and other transit agencies, adding more bus service and priority lanes, and ending fare enforcement. Click here to sign the petition for lower fares.

Check out selected media coverage of the report launch: Toronto Star, CBC News video, OMNI Cantonese video, CityNews video, BlogTO, DailyHive, Radio-Canada, 6ixBuzz.

TTCriders will submit this report to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which is creating a 5-Year Fare Plan this summer. Between February and May 2021, TTCriders volunteers had conversations with over 300 people in focus groups held in multiple languages and surveyed hundreds more people online. Thank you to Maytree for supporting this report.

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