“A U-Pass will make transportation more affordable for post-secondary students and could potentially unlock additional economic, educational and cultural opportunities,” the report states. The report notes the average income for college and university students is less than half the provincial average, and at current prices a post-secondary pass costs $930 each eight-month school year. Under the U-Pass program, all 40,000 students would pay $70 a month to get a pass, generating $2.8 million for the TTC. The TTC estimates the U-Pass program would result in a 15-per-cent increase in transit trips taken by students. Memmel defended the idea of students who currently don’t buy TTC passes being compelled to subsidize lowering transit costs for those who do.

Source: thestar March 13, 2018 23:03 UTC