Low income transit pass restrictions scrapped

By News Staff

Posted Mar 20, 2013 7:27 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Calgary city council will not be putting tighter restrictions on low income transit pass users, after reports the passes were being illegally resold to make money.

Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart caused a stir last month when she urged measures be put forth to stop the activity from happening.

Colley-Urquhart’s proposal was to require pass holders hand in their old passes before getting new ones.

But, according to the Calgary Herald, Calgary Transit only logged 17 cases of illicit re-sales in 2012.

After a closed door discussion on Monday, Colley-Urquhart decided not to bring the idea to a vote.

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