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Transit riders are calling on the TTC Commission, the City and the Province
to approve and fund the recommendations in a TTC staff report to improve TTC
service and make fares more affordable.
Called “Opportunities to Improve Transit Service in Toronto”, the TTC staff
report recommends the TTC increase bus and street car service so all routes
have 10-minutes-or-better service, expand the express bus network, increase
night time service, and introduce two hour transfer fares, so one fare will
allow a rider to use the TTC for two hours.
“Our TTC is bulging at the seams, and riders need relief now,” says Brenda
Thompson, founder of the Scarborough Transit Action organization, and member
of TTCriders. “Increasing bus and street car service will save us time and
improve our commute immediately. We say yes to the practical recommendations
in this important report,” she says.
“Ever single transit rider wants to be able to get off the TTC, buy food at
the supermarket, and get on the TTC again without paying twice,” says Jessica
Bell, TTCriders member. “Two hour fare transfers are a winner,” she says.
The TTC Commission will vote on these recommendations at its meeting today
at City Hall. TTCriders and friends will be deputing on the motion. If approved, the recommendations will be voted on at the next City
Council meeting, which starts on August 25, 2014.
TTCriders is calling on governments to provide $700 million a year more
funding to the TTC so service can be increased and fares reduced, especially
for those in need. A $700 million yearly investment in the TTC would mean
the subsidy per ride would move up to the North American average. Currently,
the TTC gets the LEAST amount of subsidy per ride compared to other big
transit systems across North America.
Founded in 2011, TTCriders is a public transit advocacy group that
campaigns for better public transit and lower fares.
For more information go to: www.ttcriders.ca
Read the TTC staff report “Opportunities to Improve Transit Service in
Toronto”: http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2014/August_19/Supplementary_Reports/Opportunities_to_Improve_Transit_Service_in_Toronto.pdf