Turns out this is such a thing as a free ride, at least if you're under 12 and on the TTC.
The plan comes as part of Mayor John Tory's plan to invest $95 million back into the transit service.
“We need to get Toronto moving and investing in transit is an essential part of that,” Tory said in a statement to reporters.
The TTC is also looking to speed up service and reduce overcrowding along major routes.
These improvements include:
• Restoration of all day, everyday bus service that was cut in 2011
• Ten-minute or better bus and streetcar service on key routes from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. six days a week (9 a.m. on Sundays)
• Reduced wait times and crowding at off-peak times
• Reduced wait times and crowding on 21 of the busiest routes during morning and afternoon rush hours
• Proof-of-payment and all-door boarding on all streetcar routes
• Expansion of the Express Bus network, adding four new routes to a network that serves 34 million rides annually
• Expanding the Blue Night Network, adding 12 routes to the 22-route network that serves 4 million rides annually
• Adding up to two additional subway trains on Lines 1 and 2 during morning and afternoon rush hours
• Route management improvements designed to reduce short-turns, bunching and gapping of bus and streetcar routes
• Additional resources to focus on subway reliability around signals, track and communications systems
Of course, the upgrades don't come cheap. Adult riders will be facing a ten cent fare increase per trip starting March 1st, though cash fares are exempt.
The city has not said when it plans to implement the changes.
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