The TTC board has endorsed a plan to increase ridership, but transit advocates and some board members warn the strategy is not aggressive enough. At a special board meeting Thursday, the board unanimously approved a five-year ridership growth strategy, which is the first comprehensive plan aimed at boosting transit use the TTC has produced since 2003. The document, which the agency was originally supposed to publish more than a year ago, is the TTC’s response to flatlining ridership growth after a decade of increases. “The report is very thin on details when you compare it to 2003’s ridership growth strategy,” she said, calling for immediate investment in more service. Councillor Joe Mihevc, who sits on the board, questioned whether some measures included in the strategy would actually increase ridership.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 00:11 UTC