[OT] Public Transit

[Evan Leibovitch]

On 28 October 2010 21:48, marthter <marthter-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:


> 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.
>
> 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.

 https://www.prestocard.ca/

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.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/868552--ttc-slows-smart-card-decision-after-warning
Everyone's hoping that a Giambrone-less TTC and different mood at city hall
will clear the logjam. Well, I am.

- Evan
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