Fares

Letter from Community Organizations: Allow the Exchange of Tokens and Tickets

Read our letter regarding the recent announcement that the TTC will stop accepting tokens and paper tickets after December 31, 2024, without providing refunds, exchanges, or credits.

Evidence-based and human rights approaches to fare loss

Read our letter to the TTC Audit and Risk Management Committee that provides context from other cities and service and information gaps related to TTC fare enforcement, and how to approach fare loss from a more humane and evidence-based perspective that reduces harm and discrimination against transit riders.

Letter to TTC Board: Transit Should Be Free for Middle & High School Students

Read our letter about Agenda Item 6: A Step Towards Free Transit for Middle and High School Students. 

2024 TTC & City of Toronto Budget Analysis by TTCriders

Last updated January 18, 2024

Read TTCriders' analysis of the 2024 TTC & City of Toronto Budgets, and how you can get involved.

Volunteers blitz transit users to reverse TTC service cuts

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Volunteers blitz transit users to reverse TTC service cuts

TTC users were greeted at 20+ transit stops across Toronto on Thursday. Volunteers distributed thousands of flyers with instructions to call Mayor John Tory about proposed cuts, fare increases, and a commercial parking levy to fund climate and transit. 

Close to $3 billion in transit and climate funding left on the table, advocates say

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Close to $3 billion in transit and climate funding left on the table, advocates say

Toronto could have raised up to $2.875 billion for transit and climate from big corporations over the last 5 years

Letter to TTC Board: Service cuts will not win people back to the TTC PUBLISHED

Service cuts and fare increases will only drive more transit users away, reducing safety and hurting Toronto's chances at meeting our climate goals. Service cuts late at night and in off-peak periods will make the TTC less safe.

Service cuts, up to 10 minute subway waits proposed in TTC budget

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Service cuts, up to 10 minute subway waits proposed in TTC budget

Increasing fares to fund inadequate transit discount is a “shell game,” TTCriders says

Expand access and TTC service, not policing

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“Expand access and TTC service, not policing”: Transit user group slams fare increase, police expansion, possible cuts

January 4, 2023 (Toronto, ON) —TTCriders, a membership organization of transit users in Toronto, released the following statement in response to Mayor John Tory’s announcement about the 2023 TTC Budget, which has not yet been published publicly: 

Half of new Council committed to opposing TTC cuts

Thirteen (13) of the twenty-five (25) newly elected Toronto City Councillors on October 24, 2022 completed a TTCriders survey on transit issues before the election. All 13 of the Councillors have committed to oppose cuts to service if the TTC faces continued budget shortfalls. Read their full survey responses.