OC Transpo is ending the free ride for 11 and 12-year-olds and will be charging youth and seniors more to board the bus and the O-Train in 2025, as part of a five-per-cent hike in the 2025 City of Ottawa budget. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city is using "a lot of duct tape" to fill a $120 million hole in the OC Transpo budget, including a reduction in discounted fares for seniors and youth. A five-per-cent hike would increase the cost of a single-adult fare to $4 for Presto/card users and $4.
05 to cash, while an adult monthly bus fare will increase $6.25 to $135. An adult monthly bus fare will increase $6.
25 to $135. The Transit Services draft budget shows the city is scrapping the 'Youth' (ages 13-19) monthly pass, and scaling back the discount for seniors aged 65 and older. The city will also eliminate the free transit service for 11 and 12-year-olds in 2025.
The cost of a senior monthly pass will increase from $49 to $108, with staff saying the fare is a 20 per cent discount from the regular adult rate. The cost of a senior monthly pass will increase from $49 to $108. With the elimination of the 'Youth' monthly pass, the cost for a monthly pass will increase from $99.
25 for the youth pass in 2024 to $135 for a monthly pass for students and youth 11 to 18-years-old. "We will continue to have discounted fares for seniors and youth but the discounts won’t be as large as they were in the past," Sutcliffe told reporters. "And they will now be more in line with what’s offe.
