University of Toronto undergraduates have rejected a program that would have provided deeply discounted TTC passes to students. In a three-day referendum that ended Wednesday, full-time undergraduate students at the university’s downtown St. George campus decided against adopting the U-Pass program, with 65.6 per cent of voters opposed. The U-Pass program would have provided roughly 40,000 students with TTC passes for about $70 a month, much less than a regular post-secondary pass, which costs $116.75. It was designed to be revenue neutral for the TTC by compelling all students to pay for the passes through a levy tacked on to their annual student fees, regardless of whether they use transit. A Facebook page set up in opposition to the plan warned the U-Pass would “unfairly place financial burden on students who live on residence or near campus” and don’t need a transit pass.

Source: thestar March 28, 2018 23:37 UTC