Calgary committee endorses plan to get rid of free fare transit zone

City committee endorses ending Calgary Transit’s downtown free fare zone

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Calgary committee endorses plan to get rid of free fare transit zone

The free fare transit zone through Calgary's core should be eliminated, a council committee concluded on Thursday afternoon.

Calgary committee votes to end downtown free fare zone

Despite a steady stream of Calgarians speaking in favour of Calgary’s free fare zone, city councillors endorse its demise at committee. A review of Calgary’s unique free fare zone resulted in city administration’s recommendation that the 2.5-kilometre downtown stretch adopt the $4 per ticket fee that other Calgary Transit commuters pay. Members of the Infrastructure […]