On July 1, Translink implemented a 4% fare increase, making life even more expensive.
Send a letter to your MLA for a low-income fare pass.
Email or meet with your provincial representative (MLA) before they go back to Victoria in October!
With housing in Vancouver being impossibly unaffordable, many move to the surrounding suburbs in search of possibly affordable housing. But with transit fares going up, transit riders, especially those in zones 2 and 3 are still subjected to high cost of living. Transit is becoming an increasingly difficult expense across the Lower Mainland, especially for low-income transit riders.
And get this, nearly every other major Canadian city has a low-income fare.
In Calgary, low-income monthly passes start at $6. You couldn’t even get from Burquitlam to Burrard for that.
In Winnipeg, they have a 50% discount for low-income transit riders.
In Halifax, they have an affordable access program offering 50% off monthly transit passes.
In New York, they have a 50% fair fares program.
We can have a low-income fare pass too, if we all speak up for it.
Many low-income transit riders rely on public transit to get to work, appointments, school, home, and everywhere in between. So why are they still being left behind as fare hikes keep rising?
What’s more? We have the building blocks in place. With the BC Bus Pass for low-income seniors and folks with disabilities already in existence, expanding this program to low-income transit riders is a simple solution to an urgent problem.
Email, call or meet with your MLA today to join us in asking the province to take action to help the Metro Vancouverites who need it the most.
Join us in demanding affordable transit for all.
Email or meet with your provincial representative (MLA) before they go back to Victoria in October!