The filed record
Request for an Update on the Suspension of the Fair Pass Transit Discount Program
The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.
The decision
2020-11-20 · Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee · adopted
As filed
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to present an update on the suspension of the Fare Pass Transit Discount Program to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee no later than the end of the first quarter of 2021.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
According to an article in the Friday September 25th, 2020 edition of the Toronto Star, the City of Toronto's Social Development, Finance and Administration Division suspended the Fair Pass Transit Discount Program on March 17th, 2020, leaving vulnerable transit users unable to renew their discounted passes and submit new applications. As highlighted in the article, City Council approved the Fair Pass Transit Discount Program in 2016 as a transit equity improvement initiative as part of its poverty reduction strategy.
Show the rest of As the city filed it, 807 more characters as filed
The City of Toronto's Fair Pass Transit Discount Program is available for eligible adult recipients of either the Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works or a City of Toronto Child Care Fee Subsidy. The Fair Pass Transit Discount Program provides a $1.10 discount on a single adult TTC fare and a $32.75 discount on a monthly adult TTC pass. The suspension of said program is problematic as it amplifies the economic hardship already experienced by persons with disabilities and violates the spirit of Council's efforts to reduce poverty, especially during the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The fact that no target date has been set for the resumption of the program only heightens the anxiety that exists within the disability community that this program has been permanently terminated.
Staff recommended
Michael Miceli recommends that the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommend that: 1. The Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration be requested to present an update on the suspension of the Fare Pass Transit Discount Program to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee no later than the end of the first quarter of 2021.
On the record
More from this meeting
- Chair's ReportFiled record
- Toronto Public Health's Response and Efforts Related to COVID-19Filed record
- Supporting People with Disabilities in Toronto During and Beyond COVID-19 - Shelter, Support and Housing AdministrationFiled record
- COVID-19 Response and Accessibility - Parks, Forestry and Recreation ProgramsFiled record
- Equity Responsive Budgeting at the City of TorontoFiled record
- CaféTO and CurbTO - AccessibilityFiled record