released last week includes millions of dollars to hire new special constables to bolster safety, as well as money for service improvements on some routes serving Neighbourhood Improvement Areas. It also includes a 10-cent fare hike for single cash and Presto rides.
Shelagh Pizey-Allen, executive director of the transit users’ advocacy group TTCRiders, said that while the budget includes a provision to make fare passes cheaper for some of the poorest transit users through an expansion of the “Fair Pass” program, it does so by raising the cost of a ride for everyone else, including many people who are below the poverty line.
She argued that the “Fair Pass” program should be funded through other revenue tools, such as property taxes or parking levies at malls. “No one is being fooled that a fare increase is actually needed,” Pizey-Allen said. “It's going to generate $16 million. What's the TTC deficit — $366 million. And there's another deficit from 2022. So you're going after the wrong people, the lowest income people in Toronto, and it's not going to generate enough revenue.”
I heard one of the transit supporters in the news at noon. They want more service less money. And of course all the extra security. For less $$. How the hell is that gonna work
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