Don’t raise Metropass price

Re TTC chair to request Metropass price freeze, Nov. 5 With all due respect to TTC board chair Josh Colle, one need not be a physicist to figure out that it would be unfair and unwise to raise the price of a TTC Metropass. To impose, on the backs of their most loyal, dependent and vulnerable customers another fare hike would be a further slap in the face to go along with the rise of 36 per cent in overall fares over the last six years.

If raising fares by only 5 to 10 cents per ride would result in the loss of 2 to 3 million rides per year, wouldn’t a reduction in the cost of the Metropass to between $100 and $110 a month result in a couple of million more sold?

If buying in bulk was more than a simple convenience but was actually a bargain that more than paid for itself — a cost that would, in fact, reduce the price of a ride to less than a single fare or multiple tokens — doesn’t it just make sense for more people to buy in bulk?

They have an abundance of facts and figures to report to justify or explain the ramifications of every fare hike. They must have similar data to report that supports the lowering of fares. Why do we never hear about that? Rob Cowan, Toronto

Being a TTC collector for over 30 years I’ve witnessed rises in Metropass prices that have left our customers totally fatigued and held hostage to what was once an economical way to travel across this city. Our riders have continued to get hammered by such overinflated increases with only a slight increase in incremental value of paying these exorbitant prices.

Without doubt, these passes aren’t Leafs season tickets and at some point consumers will turn to other modes of travel to avoid increases such as the TTC has instituted in the past. Daniel Kowbell, Mississauga