Transit Inequity

Transit inequity manifests itself in many different ways in our community. Whether it’s because many low-income residents cannot afford to pay TTC fares, the disproportionate profiling of racialized TTC riders, the inability of many residents, particularly our seniors and residents with disabilities, to safely access TTC stops or the unsafe, crowded buses many of us have been forced to ride during COVID-19, affects nearly all Scarborough transit users in some way or form. 

Scarborough residents love our part of the city and want it to thrive. Scarborough Transit Action has a vision for Scarborough of improved quality of life and opportunities for residents and revitalization and prosperity for our neighbourhoods. As Scarborough is home to some of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods, highest populations of racialized people and the city's highest rates of unemployment, our residents often face multiple inequities when accessing transit in Scarborough. 

As a grassroots transit advocacy, we advocate for transit policies and solutions that improve transit access for our friends and neighbours, connects our neighbourhoods to one another and the rest of the city provides provides access to to employment, education and health services for residents, particularly those living in our marginalized neighbourhoods.

What does transit inequity in Scarborough look like?

For more information on the lack of transit equity in Scarborough check out Think your Scarborough home is far from buses? You’re probably in a transit desert by Osobe Waberi at The Discourse and How to fix anti-Black racism ingrained in the TTC by Jamaal Myers, an organizer with Scarborough Transit Action.