TransLink urged to restore family free-ride program

NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS 1130) – You may remember a time when if you bought a monthly adult transit pass — you could bring another adult and up to four children under the age of 13 along for the ride on Sundays and holidays for free. While that program was cancelled a couple of years ago, the Mayor of New Westminster says he wants to see it brought back.

“We want to do everything we can in our region to encourage people to use public transit. But the reality is when you’ve got a young family, and multiple children, transit can actually be quite costly,” says Mayor Jonathon Cote. “We should be developing our policies to make it more economically feasible for young families to actually use transit.”

Cotes says that with TransLink reviewing its fare policies this year, it’s the right time for people to bring up restoring the program.

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