TTC Justifies Five-Cent Fare Hike For 2013

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The public-transit system of Toronto is predicted to have a five-cent increase in their fares in 2013. This year’s increment is less than the increment approved last year. The Toronto Transit Commission, TTC, is scheduled to vote on the proposal for this increase on Thursday. Chair of the Commission, Karen Stintz, explained that this proposal will not affect cash fares, but it will effect in a $30 increase to a regular, yearly Metropass and a slight increase to the cost of tokens.

The commission’s voting has commenced only a week after Mayor, Rob Ford, declared that he intends to freeze TTC fares once again on his Sunday radio show. Ms. Stintz further justified the proposal by explaining that cutting routes or service hours is not an option. She stated that “we’ve made a commitment. We’re not going to reduce any service. We’re trying to balance a number of issues while keeping the system running.”

So far TTC has been receiving an annual subsidy from the city to help the system continue smoothly, but this subsidy will most likely be frozen in the future at its 2012 level. Ms. Stintz claimed that this fare increase will only help the system to overcome the cost of inflation.

Stintz claimed that “we recognize customer service is still an issue and we are continuing to implement customer-service initiatives.” She added: “I think we have had some successes on cleanliness and we’ve had some successes on communicating information. And we will continue to implement those customer service measures that our riders need to see in order to justify fare increases.”

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