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No free TTC rides this New Year's Eve
December 28, 2006
Josh Wingrove
Staff Reporter
There won’t be any free rides on the TTC this New Year’s Eve.
Many systems, including ones in Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax, offer free service on the biggest party night of the year. For the TTC, the cost of opening the doors – more than $1 million for the night – is simply too high. The last times TTC rides were free on New Year's Eve was in the '70s, said Danny Nicholson, TTC public affairs supervisor.
Rides are free in Mississauga, York Region and on GO Transit after 7 p.m., while Durham Regional Transit is free after 8 p.m., thanks to sponsorship from Ontario Power Generation.
Drivers will see a heavy police presence on Dec. 31, the final day of the Holiday R.I.D.E. stop-check campaigns of both the OPP and Toronto police. Toronto police have stopped 83,584 vehicles so far this season – nearly 20,000 more than last year – and handed out 287 suspensions.
“We’ll be there when the partying starts and when the partying ends. Hopefully, everybody behaves themselves in between,†said Toronto police traffic services Sgt. Larry Bryson.
The OPP have stopped nearly 650,000 vehicles so far this year, laying 289 charges. Both totals are also up since 2005.
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No free TTC rides this New Year's Eve
December 28, 2006
Josh Wingrove
Staff Reporter
There won’t be any free rides on the TTC this New Year’s Eve.
Many systems, including ones in Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax, offer free service on the biggest party night of the year. For the TTC, the cost of opening the doors – more than $1 million for the night – is simply too high. The last times TTC rides were free on New Year's Eve was in the '70s, said Danny Nicholson, TTC public affairs supervisor.
Rides are free in Mississauga, York Region and on GO Transit after 7 p.m., while Durham Regional Transit is free after 8 p.m., thanks to sponsorship from Ontario Power Generation.
Drivers will see a heavy police presence on Dec. 31, the final day of the Holiday R.I.D.E. stop-check campaigns of both the OPP and Toronto police. Toronto police have stopped 83,584 vehicles so far this season – nearly 20,000 more than last year – and handed out 287 suspensions.
“We’ll be there when the partying starts and when the partying ends. Hopefully, everybody behaves themselves in between,†said Toronto police traffic services Sgt. Larry Bryson.
The OPP have stopped nearly 650,000 vehicles so far this year, laying 289 charges. Both totals are also up since 2005.