OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults

I moved from Ottawa 15 years ago. It's heartbreaking to see that OC Transpo still sucks shit.

When I was younger, this was the case on the TTC, and it still pisses me off to this day.

I was a university student, I barely had any money at all. There were more than a few days where it was "do I take the bus this week, or do I buy some extra groceries?" and a full-price Metropass was out of the question. Older people, who owned their homes, had jobs and incomes, and, in many cases, cars, could get a discount. And this was in the 1990s, when old people, as a cohort, had less money than they do today.

Now, I'd rather see lower fares for everyone and congestion pricing for cars, but if I can have that, scrap the seniors discounts before scrapping ones for young people.

We humans are moving in the wrong direction and greed/mismanagement/money is the cause. Basic income for all who apply! We do not need to squeeze the young and old just because the middle-class has already been squeezed too hard. This path we're on is unsustainable!