03-05-2022, 02:19 PM
(03-04-2022, 02:26 PM)Bytor Wrote:(03-04-2022, 12:42 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: So things are better, but we spent a lot of money, and went through a lot of pain in order to have a system which isn't compatible with the rest of the province.
Just one in a long line of bad decisions our government (and staff) has made.
Given that Presto not only did not bid on RFP, they also outright refused to add the features that GRT required even if the Region had paid them, I'm confused as to why people still think it was some huge debacle that we don't have Presto.
Not to mention that every Presto installation has had their own significant issues, usually far worse than what we went through with EasyGO.
The features we requested and the RFP process is not some commandments handed down from on high. *WE CHOSE* them...
And we chose them KNOWING that Presto wouldn't qualify if we did.
Other cities adopted presto, we are not special, no matter how much GRT staff proclaim we are. We are not the only city with a transit system, with this exact fare structure and with colleges with student passes.
Despite all this we added requirements that Presto could not meet and choose a process the would not participate in.
We knowingly (and possibly intentionally) excluded them.
Blaming the process that WE created is pretty transparent bullshit...it's the kind that lead people to hate their governments.
As for presto having issues, I'm sure they did. But at the end of those issues, there is a benefit to choosing presto. And while the UX on the Presto site is also mediocre, it is nowhere near as bad our farecard garbage.