<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 October 2010 21:48, marthter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marthter-FFYn/CNdgSA@public.gmane.org">marthter-FFYn/CNdgSA@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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There's one, PAYMENT METHODS, where the TTC is still in the 1950s.
Try using a credit or debit card to buy a roll of tokens at a TTC
collection booth... [game show sound effect] wah wah waaaah [/game
show sound effect]. Sorry, no can do. Cash only. And try asking
for a receipt for that. They'll give you a little slip from a pad
of paper where the collector writes (illegibly) their employee
number, the date, and the amount. Well anyway, you've woken them up
from their snooze, so what do you expect.<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Guess what? GO Transit, York Region, Brampton and Mississauga Transit have all agreed on a common card that is already in use on lakeshore GO and is installed (but not yet functional) on the suburban buses.<br>
<br> <a href="https://www.prestocard.ca/">https://www.prestocard.ca/</a><br><br>The big delay has been in the TTC's unwillingness to go along with it, mainly thanks to the personal obsession of (outgoing) TTC Chair Giambrone with a competing project that the province said it would never fund.<br>
<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/868552--ttc-slows-smart-card-decision-after-warning">http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/868552--ttc-slows-smart-card-decision-after-warning</a><br>Everyone's hoping that a Giambrone-less TTC and different mood at city hall will clear the logjam. Well, I am.<br>
<br>- Evan<br><br><br><br></div></div>