TTC expands fare discount to 50,000 more low-income residents; advocacy group says that's not enough

On Thursday, the city announced that residents who are between 20 and 64 years old and living in “deep poverty” qualify for the TTC’s Fair Pass Transit Discount Program. This latest expansion also includes those on the waitlist for subsidized housing and child care.

The final phase of the program, which has yet to be implemented, will evenually be offered to all low-income residents with a family income below the Low-Income Measure threshold plus 15 per cent. Participants receive a 36 per cent discount on single adult fares, which cost $2.10, and a 21 per cent discount on monthly passes, which cost $123.25. A regular adult single fare for an adult is $3.35, while a 12-month month pass is $143 a month for adults.August Pantitlán Puranauth of TTCriders said the TTC’s fare discount program “does not go far enough,” adding the group would ideally like to see more work done to offer free transit to those in the city who need it the most.

“That is the affordable pass. In other cities, that's just the regular transit pass so evidence is this is just not and we need to expect more from the city.” “But it's a difficult time and I think many people are struggling and all of these opportunities I think certainly helps Torontonians with their core needs.”

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