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Illinois is the only state that requires seniors to pass a driving test solely due to their age. But state data indicates that older drivers tend to have lower crash rates.. In 2023, the crash rate ...
Provincial funding for these passes began in 2017, providing low-income Albertans with more affordable fares, and since then, affordable transportation appeared to have been a priority for the ...
Special fare rates will also go up in 2025. The regular senior annual pass will cost $159, compared to $154.50 this year. For ...
Ottawa city council passed its 2025 budget Wednesday, but not without a revamp to the troublesome transit portion that walks back a proposed jump to the cost to seniors’ transit passes. The ...
Seniors’ transit passes can be purchased in person at the Centre Street Platform and Bow Parkade Calgary Transit Customer Service Centres, City Hall Cashiers and Village Square Leisure Centre ...
A monthly seniors pass in Toronto costs $128. In Edmonton, those over 65 pay $35 a month. A yearly seniors pass to use Calgary’s public transit is $154, and seniors are charged $415 annually in ...
In Metro Vancouver, TransLink is advocating that the B.C. government fund a low-income pass program at a cost of $60 million to $70 million per year. This is modelled on programs in Calgary and ...
During the presentation, she pointed out that monthly passes are currently more expensive in Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and the Vancouver region, and cash fares are higher in most comparative cities.
The United Conservative Party (UCP)-led government in Alberta has decided to pull back its decision to discontinue funding for low-income transit passes in Calgary and Edmonton. The move came after it ...
1/5 In the midst of an affordability crisis, the Govt of Alberta is walking away from supporting struggling Calgarians by ending the standing provincial funding contribution to Calgary’s Low Income ...
Over 250,000 Ride Transit Program passes were sold in 2023, an increase of approximately 20 per cent from 2019.” Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek struck a tougher note. “I have been informed that the ...