The current bylaw permits service animals on buses and requires all others to be transported inside kennels or cages.

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The proposed change evolved from complaints from drivers about trying to determine whether an animal accompanying someone onto a bus is a legitimate service animal.

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City council is expected to vote on the bylaw in July, with the new rules coming into force in September.

Most of the rules target behaviour, such as requiring people on the bus to wear footwear and prohibiting riders from putting their feet on the seats or sleeping. The sleeping ban is aimed at substance users who pass out on the bus, not people who nod off, the committee heard.

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The bylaw will make payment mandatory and include the possibility of banning people from transit if they persist in disobeying the rules.

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Bus drivers have been tracking electronically those who fail to pay when they get on the bus ...

This method showed 131,532 instances of fare evasion last year as the practice grew from nearly zero in 2021 to nearly two per cent last year. That translates to an estimated loss of $394,596.