A transit advocacy group and a rookie councillor warn hiking transit fares and possibly cutting OC Transpo bus routes in 2024 could be the start of a 'death spiral' for OC Transpo.
An OC Transpo bus turns onto Elgin St. from Wellington St. in downtown Ottawa, Ont. in this undated photo.
Staff are recommending a 2.5 per cent hike in transit fares and a 2.5 per cent increase in the transit levy, but the transit service is still projecting a $35 million fare revenue shortfall in 2024. The report says staff are continuing the Service Review to "reduce spending" next year, including aligning bus routes to "current ridership levels" and reductions in payments to rail contractors based on current conditions.Coun.
Laura Shantz of the group Ottawa Transit Riders says if OC Transpo and the city of Ottawa want to attract people to transit, "It has to be a reasonable option." "They will find other ways to get around if we start seeing that transit death spiral pattern, and that is a really big problem because to make this city work and work well, we need people to take transit."
"Consistent operational funding, reliable service, real investments and an end to the disastrous P3 model must come first."Shantz says the city of Ottawa needs to begin pressing the upper levels of government for more funding to support the current transit system and continue to expand it.
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