It’ll cost you a little more to ride work on the TTC.
A 10-cent fare hike took effect Sunday, meaning a trip on the Red Rocket with your Presto card will now cost $3.20 for adults while the adult cash fare remains unchanged at $3.25.
The fare hike also drives up the price of adult 12-month and monthly passes which will now cost $143 and $156, respectively.
TTC CEO Rick Leary has explained the 10-cent hike will generate $31.4 million, admitting, that “a fare increase is never popular, but it will support the service we have and the proposed enhancements to support city building goals.”
Effective March 1, 2020, most #TTC fares will increase by $0.10, except adult cash fare. Monthly passes and 12 Month passes will also increase. Learn more: https://t.co/lQrOMRIsDj pic.twitter.com/nnUma8tma9— TTC Customer Service (@TTChelps) February 29, 2020
Users registered their disapproval on social media.
“Will the quality of your service also increase?” one Twitter user wrote. Another added: “If adults stop buying children passes, maybe TTC wouldn’t have to increase fares.”
“Starting March 1, a multi-billion-dollar company that is overfunded is increasing the fares and passes,” another user commented.
The TTC’s 2020 operating budget will increase by 4.1% — or $85 million — over 2019’s budget.
“Enhanced services for our customers come at a cost,” Leary wrote in a letter to transit commissioners. “This budget is about more than just preserving service. It’s about enhancing service and doing better; it’s about working smarter,” Leary wrote.
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