New study finds TTC cuts disproportionately impact Toronto's marginalized communities

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New study finds TTC cuts disproportionately impact Toronto's marginalized communities
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The report examines the TTC service changes going into effect on March 26. A total of 39 routes will be impacted – one streetcar route, two subway routes, and 36 bus routes – making up 20 per cent of all service.

the Toronto Transit Commission service changes going into effect on March 26

“So when we are planning for public transportation, it is important that the areas where there's higher concentration of poverty or lower income people or immigrants, that those areas are better serviced by public transportation.

All TTC routes that will experience a 10% or more service reduction based on the 2023 Service Alignment Specifically, they found 93 per cent of the routes that will experience at least a 10 per cent increase in wait times go through or connect to a neighbourhood with higher poverty rates. Lastly, 24 of the 28 most-impacted routes, or 86 per cent, go through neighbourhoods with high concentrations of recent immigrants and “visible minorities.”

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