TTCriders has launched the “So Efficient It Hurts” campaign to help Mayor John Tory make North America’s most efficient transit system even more efficient.
TTCriders will be releasing memes, short videos, and crowdsourced ideas on Twitter, Facebook, and the website soefficientithurts.com until the 2017 TTC budget reaches the TTC Board meeting on Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
Who voted to have the TTC, along with all city departments, cut their budgets by 2.6% in 2017 and absorb all increases? That amounts to about a 12% cut folks!
Don’t rip off Scarborough riders
Are you a public transit rider?
Do you want:
- a low income pass?
This post was written by TTCriders Campaigns Committee member, Bill Worrell.
I distributed postcards at the picnic at Lotherton Summer Festival, 100 Lotherton Pathway, Lotherton Green Space (new Caledonia and Lawrence West) on August 20. It is an area of high-rise buildings where we just walked around, with no table. The event was organized by the North York Community House. There was food, music, bouncy castle, and information booths, etc. It was a real family event.
A week after the positive announcement that Toronto would be getting almost $500 million in federal infrastructure funding, it’s time to assess what that means for the TTC’s capital and operating costs.
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People with disabilities often have great difficulty in using transit. These difficulties usually occur because the transit system is not designed to be accessible to persons with disabilities.
Ridership is stagnating. Fare hikes are coming. Service could be cut.
The TTC is facing the worst budget crisis it's seen in decades. Our transit system needs $184 million just to maintain current service levels for next year, and City Hall is forcing the TTC to but their budget by another 2.6%.
“If I paid $50 instead of $141.50 for my monthly TTC pass I could pay rent.”
Your councillor has a big decision to make in two short months. Will your councillor say yes to the low income pass and help make transit more affordable for low income riders and people on social assistance so they can easily travel to work. Or will your councillor ignore transit riders and keep the TTC too expensive for so many of us.
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Transit advocates are asking Toronto to follow the lead of Niagara Region and Alberta's largest cities by introducing a low-income transit pass for the TTC. Yesterday, Niagara Regional Council approved a $110 reduction in the cost of their transit system's monthly pass for eligible applicants, from $160 to $50. Local politicians initially proposed a more modest price decrease but advocates pressed hard for more robust help for the neediest transit riders. Andy Petrowski, the St. Catharines city councillor who spearheaded the move, said that the reduced cost will particularly assist job seekers: “This gives people who are looking for work or moving to work, traditionally in lower-paying positions, an opportunity to use (regional transit) for the first time.” Niagara is also hoping to boost ridership on their regional transit system through this targeted fare reduction.
Are you a transit rider?
You’re in for a nasty shock. City Hall is considering cutting service and hiking fares next year.
We say no. Riders need more service, and lower rider-friendly fares, like a