Researchers suggest rethink of Calgary Transit funding ahead of budget yyc
As city council prepares to debate a four-year budget, researchers from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy suggest a long-term financial framework for Calgary Transit should be part of the discussions., from Wenshuang Yu, Lindsay Tedds and Gillian Petit, examined the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Calgary Transit’s revenues due to a steep decline in ridership.
Currently, the city’s policy is to fund 50 to 55 per cent of Calgary Transit’s costs with revenues from fares. The proposed changes to fares would include adult monthly passes as well, which could climb from $112 to $126 over the next four years. The budget also proposes an eight per cent increase in funding for Calgary Transit, which budget documents said would help sustain service levels and improve service frequency.Willem Klumpenhouwer, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto’s Transit Analytics Lab, told Global News that frequency and reliability are the two factors that help improve ridership.“You have to lead with the service, and you have to lead with what you’re going for.
“The solution for transit in an age of climate change, in an age where we want to have more people riding more frequently and not just commuting once a day back and forth, is to run more buses and more trains,” Carra said.“We’re ramping that up a little bit in this budget but it’s very timid, and if we’re going to achieve the things we talked about, we have to run a lot more — and that means spending more money.
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