Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget
Transit & transportation · Dec 1, 2025
What changed
The amendment reversed the 2023 fare freeze, approved additional 2026 fare increases and a user-fee table, and linked the revenue to budget funding changes.
Confirmed 2025 Council minutes, December 1 continuation, page 583 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Why this decision is included
Adds an important current affordability/funding choice without increasing rail evidence or annual-budget independence.
How votes are grouped: Choices within this annual budget share one family per measure. Separate amendments and duplicate tabulations cannot multiply the budget’s influence; unscored choices add no weight.
What Yes meant
Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment.
What No meant
Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal.
Alternatives and outcome
Adopt these fare changes, retain the preceding fare proposal or use another mix of fares and taxes.
The amendment carried 8–7. This choice does not establish a general pro-transit or anti-transit position.
adoptedA recorded vote or adoption does not establish that a project or service was delivered.
Recorded choices
| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 1, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Andrew Yule | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Dan McLean | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | DJ Kelly | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Harrison Clark | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Jennifer Wyness | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Jeromy Farkas | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | John Pantazopoulos | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Kim Tyers | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Landon Johnston | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Mike Jamieson | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | Yes | Approve the fare changes and fee table specified by the amendment. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Myke Atkinson | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Nathaniel Schmidt | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Raj Dhaliwal | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Rob Ward | Reverse the transit fare freeze for the 2026 budget | No | Reject this fare-and-budget funding proposal. The proposal combines fare revenue, operating-service costs and tax effects; it does not advance the Green Line, and those tradeoffs cannot be reduced to support for or against rail. | Context / unscored |
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Published explanations
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Documented policy leadership
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