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May 28, 2026
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Advocates not buying that scrapping Calgary free fare zone will improve downtown safety
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The free fare zone in downtown Calgary will remain in place for now, after city council voted to defer a decision on its future until next year. After a lengthy debate Tuesday evening, city council voted 9-6 in favour of a heavily amended recommendation to defer deciding on whether to keep or remove the free fare zone until a discussion on Calgary Transit’s updated fare strategy in early 2027. Councillors Rob Ward, DJ Kelly, Myke Atkinson, Raj Dhaliwal, Harrison Clark, and Mayor Jeromy Farkas voted against the move. “My preference on the free fare zone would’ve been to make a decision one way …
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