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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.
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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
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.
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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
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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:
TTCriders members attended the only transportation-focused provincial election debate, organized by Transport Futures. Read our summary of what the candidates from Green, NDP, and Liberal parties said.
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Transit group calls for immediate funding of deeper discounts
March 31, 2022 (Toronto, ON) — Transit rider organization TTCriders welcomed the news that the Fair Pass discount is being rolled out today to people living in Rent-Geared-to-Income subsidized housing, but pointed out the discount was meant to be rolled out in March 2019 and is not deep enough.
We made progress on affordable transit thanks to the hundreds of transit riders who took action by signing a giant Valentine card to City Councillors and the dozens of people who spoke up at City Budget committee meetings and the TTC's 5-Year Fare Policy meeting.
Take action for better transit in the Toronto City Budget by RSVPing for an upcoming phone bank or outreach event or by signing the petition! TTCriders is campaigning for funding for the transit discount for minimum wage workers, more bus service, the TTC’s 5-Year Fare Plan, and N-95 masks distributed on the bus network.
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Relief for essential workers left out of City Budget, says transit group
January 13, 2022 (Toronto, ON) — Transit rider organization TTCriders says the proposed 2022 Toronto City Budget is failing low-wage, essential workers because a promised transit discount has been left out while service cuts continue to impact riders.