Fewer people rode buses or the LRT in Edmonton last year than city administration anticipated, leaving the city short $4.1 million in its operating budget.
City administration presented preliminary year-end financial results to council last week, showing the decline in transit revenues.
The economic downturn is partly to blame, administration said. Fewer people working means fewer taking transit, the operations department said.
Edmonton transit service also raised fares in 2017, which may have added to reluctance on the part of some riders to take the bus or LRT.
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