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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
I bet you hate that frustrated, stressed feeling that bubbles up inside when you’ve been waiting for your bus for 15 minutes and you realize you’re now late for work.
We’ve got some bad news. As you have probably heard, you could be paying even more for this all-too-common experience in 2017.
The Toronto Star published this op ed of ours last Sunday July 17.
Does this issue concern you?
- Become a TTCriders member
- Join us at our next campaigns meeting on Thursday July 21, 6pm - 8pm, 720 Bathurst St. Contact [email protected].
Three years ago, Toronto City Council broke its own procedures and opted to scrap a fully funded rapid transit line. If not for this egregious mistake, a 7-Stop Scarborough LRT from Kennedy through Scarborough Centre to Malvern would be under construction now.
Do you think the TTC is too expensive?
You're not alone.
Thousands and thousands of people, especially people living on low incomes - rely on the TTC everyday to go to the doctor, work, pick up kids, get food, get access to recreation and all the benefits of life in Toronto.Big fare hikes and service cuts are coming in 2017, unless we take action. The TTC is facing a budget crisis that's larger than what we've seen in years.
The TTC needs