06-17-2023, 08:57 PM
(06-15-2023, 03:00 PM)ac3r Wrote:(06-14-2023, 09:15 PM)tomh009 Wrote: About a 2% increase to both monthly passes and EasyGO fare payments, well below inflation.
Whether or not it is below inflation doesn't matter. People are still struggling to afford life. Sure a mere 24 extra dollars on a transit pass per year may not be a lot of money to someone like you or I, but for others any sort of cost increase can be extremely hard. The elderly with low pensions, students, those on ODSP or even just people making minimum wage (or hell even low 20s) feel every little cost increase they are faced with.
You do know about the reduced fare program, right? 48% reduction in passes for people with low income. And in that scenario, the increase is only about $1/month. Yes, it's an increase but it's nothing compared to the food inflation recently.
As for your claim about people spending 2h to get somewhere on transit, that's been debunked enough times here already.