We wanted to share survey highlightghts of how the low-income transit pass has helped Calgarians with day-to-day life. The survey was completed by the City of Calgary's Neighborhood Services in 2021.
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around the Low-Income Transit Pass (LITP)
77 percent indicated it has allowed them to attend medical and other appointments with greater ease;
72 percent indicated it was easier to visit family and friends and therefore enhance social ties; and
86 percent said it saved their household money, which they primarily used to buy other necessities or pay down debt.
The majority of users who use the LITP are working.
More than 50 percent of the pass purchasers are employed, including almost one in four who are employed full time.
Job-seeking activity is prominent.
Seven in 10 purchasers who are working indicated the LITP allowed a member of their household to look for jobs they would not have tried to find before.
This number jumps close to nine in 10, when the "LITP pass purchaser" is unemployed and is looking for work.
A higher percentage of purchasers who identify as an Aboriginal, Indigenous, First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit) person indicated that LITP helped someone in their household to look for a job and keep a job.
Younger workers (18-24) are more likely to indicate that the LITP helped them get a job and keep a job.
Compared to other groups, new immigrants, (who lived in Canada for less than 3 years), relied on public transport for personal, work, medical, and social trips
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