Close X
Sunday, November 24, 2024
ADVT 
National

Victoria Aims To Eliminate Public Transit Fares To Encourage More Riders

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Apr, 2019 09:11 PM

    Victoria wants to eliminate public transit fares for everyone in the region as a way to reduce the impacts of climate change.

     

    Mayor Lisa Helps will bring a motion to the regional transit commission Monday, asking it to embrace a policy of phasing out user fees and expand bus service to meet an anticipated increase in demand.


    Coun. Ben Isitt, who introduced the motion that was passed Thursday by council, says it would begin with the elimination of fares for youth under 19 next year and the broader community would be phased in.


    He says the transit system currently depends on $40 million in annual revenue from fares but is primarily funded through taxation in the form of provincial subsidies, gas taxes and property taxes.


    He says the proposal would see fares eliminated and the existing taxation formula expanded.


    The policy is already in place in jurisdictions like Luxembourg and Estonia, while youth ride free in Kingston, Ont.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Trudeau Liberals Link 'Reckless' Ontario Budget With Scheer's Conservatives

    The provincial budget proposes cuts in post-secondary education and social services, scaling back the growth in spending projected by Ontario's former Liberal government.

    Trudeau Liberals Link 'Reckless' Ontario Budget With Scheer's Conservatives

    Guess Who's Moving? Burton Cummings Complained Of Noise From Dance Studio

    MOOSE JAW, Sask. — A Saskatchewan fitness studio is moving after multiple noise complaints from Canadian rock legend Burton Cummings.

    Guess Who's Moving? Burton Cummings Complained Of Noise From Dance Studio

    Hasn'T Campaigned With Federal Leader: NDP's Notley Says Her Focus On Alberta

    CALGARY — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she hasn't campaigned with the federal party leader because her focus is on what's best for the province — including pipelines.

    Hasn'T Campaigned With Federal Leader: NDP's Notley Says Her Focus On Alberta

    Kenney, Scheer Launch Two-Pronged Attack On Notley And Trudeau At Calgary Rally

    Kenney, Scheer Launch Two-Pronged Attack On Notley And Trudeau At Calgary Rally
    The two told a rally of hundreds of supporters gathered on a baseball diamond in Calgary that political change for Alberta and the country is in the wind.

    Kenney, Scheer Launch Two-Pronged Attack On Notley And Trudeau At Calgary Rally

    Institute Unveils 'Team Canada Of Cancer Research' In City Where Fox Began Run

    Institute Unveils 'Team Canada Of Cancer Research' In City Where Fox Began Run
    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research."

    Institute Unveils 'Team Canada Of Cancer Research' In City Where Fox Began Run

    Supreme Court Upholds Residential-School Compensation For Former Student

    Supreme Court Upholds Residential-School Compensation For Former Student
    OTTAWA — A former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse at the hands of a nun, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that helps clarify the scope of appeals in such cases.

    Supreme Court Upholds Residential-School Compensation For Former Student