Over a year ago the City, in response to our pressure, agreed to come up with a plan to make the TTC more affordable for low income riders. Now the report is returning to City Hall.
This is our chance to get free fares for people on social assistance, and $50 fares for people on low incomes.
TTCriders awarded its inaugural Transit Hall of Fame award to Helen Liu, community activist with the Toronto Chinese Seniors Association. We recognized her long-term commitment to advocating for lower fares for seniors.
Over a year ago, the City of Toronto, in response to our pressure, agreed to develop a plan to make the TTC more affordable. We're waiting for the city to present their plan to the public, but it keeps getting delayed.
On May 31st, City Hall will vote on a Low Income Pass. We've been waiting all year for an opportunity to 'speak up' for lower TTC fares and we need to get active and get ready.
In preparation for the vote at City Hall, on Thursday, May 12th, we are hosting a Civic Engagement Training Workshop in Scarborough at Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Road (Kingston and Markham) from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. where you can:
By Suhail Barot
“It’s now 2019 and Metrolinx’ Fare Integration system has been in place for over a year, higher fares for rapid transit have pushed many low-income TTC users onto the cheaper bus system.
We're concerned that Metrolinx’s plan to meddle with Toronto’s fare structure will hurt Toronto transit riders.
Provincial agency, Metrolinx and the TTC will discuss fare integration at a joint-board meeting from 6pm - 8pm on Wednesday April 27 at 97 Front Street.
On Sunday, it was reported that Metrolinx ignored and buried seven separate studies that were commissioned in the years before the launch of the Union Pearson
Today’s federal budget falls short on delivering the public transit funding needed to fix Toronto’s transit crisis, says transit advocacy group, TTCriders.
In today’s budget, the f
Here's an update!
Brenda and myself (that be Jessica) went down to the TTC Commission on Wednesday to speak about the issue of stagnating ridership. The TTC Commission discussed the drop in ridership and the pending $30M shortfall if the ridership trend continues. They decided to not take any action. The TTC will give a report back again in June. Shelley Carroll introduced a motion (that was passed) to have the TTC look at ways to increase ridership. Thank you Shelley Carroll The original Ridership Growth Strategy document is right here. This document shows VERY clearly that service improvements and fare reductions is a great way to increase ridership.
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
Next Wednesday, the TTC Board will consider a proposal from the TTC Service Planning staff to introduce a new 514 Cherry streetcar. The goal is to provide more streetcar service for the busiest sections of King Street. We are supportive of this proposal, but we continue to advocate that King Street should be re-designed to prioritize streetcars over private automobiles.