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RE: Grand River Transit - bgb_ca - 11-15-2018
I'm not sure if this was mentioned or not yet, but I just found out GRT is going to replace all the old orange bus stop signs with new ones.
https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/stop-markers.aspx
RE: Grand River Transit - trainspotter139 - 11-15-2018
(11-15-2018, 12:53 AM)bgb_ca Wrote: I'm not sure if this was mentioned or not yet, but I just found out GRT is going to replace all the old orange bus stop signs with new ones.
https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/stop-markers.aspx
They've been doing that for a while. mostly the one's where routes are changing first.
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 11-15-2018
My son is going to be heart broken. He sees yellow signs everywhere and thinks they're bus stops hah.
RE: Grand River Transit - clasher - 11-15-2018
I've always hated the orange/yellow ones... white makes so much more sense.
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 11-20-2018
I thought someone had lost a valuable farecard on the bus - until I picked it up and found it much thinner and lighter! Looks like limited-use cardboard fares will be a thing.
![[Image: gTj37dn.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/gTj37dn.jpg)
![[Image: b2TnrRK.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/b2TnrRK.jpg)
RE: Grand River Transit - bgb_ca - 11-21-2018
(11-20-2018, 11:01 PM)KevinL Wrote: I thought someone had lost a valuable farecard on the bus - until I picked it up and found it much thinner and lighter! Looks like limited-use cardboard fares will be a thing.
I actually found one the other day as well. I've been meaning to see what kind of nfc chip is in it. (I'm guessing a mifare ultralight)
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 11-21-2018
It is indeed a MiFare Ultralight.
Someone in the Facebook group confirmed these are already being distributed by homeless shelters and social programs! That was quick.
RE: Grand River Transit - timio - 11-21-2018
That's awesome.
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 11-21-2018
Is that the reloadable card?
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 11-21-2018
No, it's a non-reloadable disposable. Comes preloaded with just a few fares (not sure exactly how many; I imagine 1-4).
RE: Grand River Transit - Spokes - 11-21-2018
Cool. Is the goal to replace tickets with these?
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 11-21-2018
The sort of tickets used casually, yes - that are handed out, or bought by those who are visting or don't intend to regularly use the system.
People who regularly buy tickets would get a plastic card with stored balance, and top that up as needed.
RE: Grand River Transit - danbrotherston - 11-21-2018
(11-21-2018, 08:57 PM)KevinL Wrote: The sort of tickets used casually, yes - that are handed out, or bought by those who are visting or don't intend to regularly use the system.
People who regularly buy tickets would get a plastic card with stored balance, and top that up as needed.
I have realized that the stored value cards are a lot more expensive than they seem, you must consider the balance one must carry continuously to use the system, so even though a presto card for example is only 5 dollars, I generally carry a balance of 40 or so in order to ensure I can round-trip + TTC in Toronto. Make it rather expensive for anyone of lower income--and totally unnecessary if they were willing to tie it to a payment system (i.e., they could be the ones to take the 40 dollar risk, which would be low if they already had payment info).
RE: Grand River Transit - KevinL - 11-22-2018
One step forward with online reloads of the EasyGo cards - you'll now get a special screen flash and audible tone when a reload goes onto your card:
RE: Grand River Transit - plam - 11-22-2018
(11-21-2018, 08:57 PM)KevinL Wrote: The sort of tickets used casually, yes - that are handed out, or bought by those who are visting or don't intend to regularly use the system.
People who regularly buy tickets would get a plastic card with stored balance, and top that up as needed.
Montreal has a single-use ticket (paper), a short-term-use farecard L'occasionnelle (paper with RFID), and the OPUS plastic farecard. Boston seems to only have the paper and plastic options. Looks like we're going for paper with RFID/plastic.