Provincial support through the gas tax is allowing transit systems to increase hours of service, expand routes, and upgrade transit infrastructure.

This year, 89 municipal transit systems, serving 111 municipalities, will share $321 million in gas tax revenue to improve public transit. Better transit means more Ontarians than ever are leaving their cars at home.

Since 2003, when the province reinstated its support for public transit:

• Transit ridership has increased by 102 million passenger trips
• The number of car trips has been reduced by 85 million, reducing traffic congestion allowing people and goods to move more quickly
• Greenhouse gas emissions from cars have been reduced by an estimated 350,000 tonnes

Since 2004, municipalities have received more than $1.3 billion in gas tax funding.