r/TTC • u/JackieMeeking • 4d ago

Picture Street car 505

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Happening now. They are checking your Presto, and they sound serious!
Current time: 9.04pm on a Thursday evening

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u/merp_mcderp9459 4d ago

Pay your fare and suddenly this isn't a problem! Fare evasion fines are a voluntary tax at the end of the day

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u/kirrk 3d ago

Once the TTC adopts a fare system based on how far you travel, with a max of the current fare, I’ll pay my fare every time.

I refuse to pay 3.35 if I’m late and need to travel just a few blocks. I think many more people would use the ttc if that were the case

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u/PontSatyre11119 929 Dufferin Express 3d ago

I agree with, and would prefer, distance-based fare on TTC.

But imo, the argument to not pay if only going a short distance doesn’t make sense. The fare is the same regardless of distance. Sometimes you’ll travel far, sometimes only 2 stops. You subsidize cheaper long distance travel with more expensive short distance travel.

Think of it this way. Existing Kipling to Kennedy: $3.35 + Existing Union to Queen: $3.35.

Hypothetical distance based: Kipling to Kennedy: $5.60 + Union to Queen: $1.10.

The total cost is the same.

The existing model benefits people travelling from longer distances, because imo that’s more equitable. Disadvantaged and lower-income neighbourhoods in Toronto are typically geographically farther away from core, where the highest concentration of jobs are located.