As public sentiment against it pours in, a full meeting of council could potentially reverse a committee decision to recommend killing Calgary’s free fare zone.
Early in May, the Infrastructure and Planning committee approved a recommendation 7-4 that council end the downtown Calgary free fare zone beginning Aug. 1
Since that time, councillors have seen a groundswell of pushback from citizens....
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