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Starting in April 2018, the City of Toronto implemented its Fair Pass program for eligible low-income residents as part of the City's poverty reduction policies. The program was implemented through the Presto card, and offered $1 off single rides or $30.75 off a monthly pass relative to adult rates at the time of implementation. [73]
As a division of the City of Toronto, its annual funding level is established by a vote of Toronto City Council. In 2020, Council approved a budget of $271.191 million gross and $47.953 million net, with a staff complement of 2,435.2 positions. [1]
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, [10] it is the fourth-most populous city in North America.
The TTC operates several bus routes that run from Toronto into a neighbouring municipality. Outside of Toronto, these routes operate on behalf of either MiWay (Mississauga) or York Region Transit, and require a TTC fare within Toronto and either a Miway or a YRT fare beyond the Toronto city limits. [3]
The program was discontinued on April 1, 2020, after the Ontario government decided not to renew the contract to extend the discounted double fare program, meaning that customers will be charged the full fare when transferring between TTC and GO Transit services within the City of Toronto. On February 26, 2024, free transfers between GO and TTC ...
In 2014, the city council voted to extend Line 2 to Scarborough City Centre, which would result in the closure of Line 3. [143] [144] The SSE would be 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long and add one new station to Line 2 at Scarborough Town Centre. TTC and city staff finalized the precise route of the SSE in early 2017. [145]
The existing 1965 City Hall of Toronto became the city hall of the amalgamated city, while Metro Hall, the seat of the former Metro government, is used as municipal office space. The community councils (unique among Ontario's cities) of Etobicoke–York, North York and Scarborough meet in their respective pre-existing municipal buildings.
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the primary public transport agency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operating the majority of the city's bus and rail services. It is the oldest and largest of the urban transit service providers in the Greater Toronto Area, with numerous connections to systems serving its surrounding municipalities.