The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

w [Wm Ms Schulte was successful in convincing her mfleagues to pass an amend' menuotlwincmdmwiflfimdwpnce of a senior/child pass at lt'soflchlznmofyouwfllbepayingmom to rideVbtk Region Transit/Viva come the new “’8'- Al 'lhumday's meeting of regional council. the ham inmaase passed in a 16-3 vote with Vaughan regional councillor Deb Schulte. Markham regional councillor Ioe u and Markham deputy mayor lack Heath voting agaim: it. Her second pr'opusal. to leave the cm! of a student pass at $90. wasn‘t as 'Ihefinceofasmdent pmwill rise lOpcr rem m $99. I "I'm not Happy with mese increases.“ she said. aMing the impact nf the added costs on senior am and parents trying to shuttle meimchfldrenmuudfmschoolhadlm especially concerned. Mr. Heathalsomicedhisopgndtion to the fame arguing it rang in at eight times the inflation tale. on average He me proposal as putting too much of a burden on Iranian users and urged council and staff In explum 0mm means of funding the whileindicautghemuidgeibehnuJafam Nuifitmanachedmdwcashiaresakxw. ltmaybematcoundl'sgmlistommpfio percenmfixsuansitqostsfiomridershmme WDMMWW {am prices in (madman catquries. Mr. Heathadded. “Whenwesaymwamtotakecarsofime Transit fares up; not senior/child pass 1010. 2911 I am Radon Chico Awad Wino: flWW‘W‘M.U°“1m°I Stouffville .fIl-tISIIII-n.q Ilsa}. .iigli.a.:lllrl‘ «IIU‘oI-IIJ: :Iif‘..ola:,illit cl 1'.1-EI..$ «iuiffiwillglu.ltl III .11: fill-it’irg ill- lei-.41.!!! IV SEAN PEARCE spcun‘rvyrmg.mm madamiwhenmsayvhewmtpeoplemmké transit. them has to be some enticegnem in theme for them.’ he said. “I challenge you to convince someone transit ischeapenhandflvingaw.’ Nemnaxke! regional Councillor Iohn 'lhy- Imagmedmededsiontoilmasefamsis nevereasy. butstressed themst oipmiding the service is go up meaning more money will have to come at somewhere. He also pointed out YKI‘IViva's service matmmthanlfloosq. km.. isthmetimes the size of the theTPC. and that York operates the ('fl‘A's second largest bus fleet. “If we don’t recoup it at the firebox. we'll have to recoup it from the taxpayers.” said Mr. Taytor. Regina! chairperson Bill fisch stressed the importance of maintaining the estab- lished cost-recovery target while ackmmledg- ing it may take another decade to achieve it. “Let's not reduce the target just because we haven‘t reach it yet.” he said. “Mn: on the right track." Asoflan. Lthecostofanaduitcashfarc will rise 25 cents to $4 for a one-mite trek. $5 firttwnmnesandflfiflforanexpmtfip. MreadydxenmstexpemixemtheGTAdw cashiareincreasesputYRT/“Vivmfl ahead of other transit mans surrounding the region wimmeaveragefareconflngmaxsau. Wprkmwfllbehikedasweflumhadmt tickets slated :0 hi! $3.30. student tickets sched- ulcdtoiump20centsto SZflandsenior/chfld tickets to tise 15 cents lo 32. An express ticketwiflmstywSSSOneJayeaI. Addnsmfiemmdexpresspasseswiflcos! $132.399and5152. EQUUS EQUUS N N COurse Go markt* ‘Pfaff VW Better than ever! Sophmbor 2013 igoggrirawfi %§.3§§.§ grfiri.<o¢d§83nt§9 PFAFF