Grand River Transit

[bgb_ca]

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/...rkers.aspx

[trainspotter139]

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/...rkers.aspx

They've been doing that for a while. mostly the one's where routes are changing first.

[Spokes]

My son is going to be heart broken. He sees yellow signs everywhere and thinks they're bus stops hah.

[clasher]

I've always hated the orange/yellow ones... white makes so much more sense.

[KevinL]

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.

[bgb_ca]

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)

[KevinL]

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.

[timio]

That's awesome.

[Spokes]

Is that the reloadable card?

[KevinL]

No, it's a non-reloadable disposable. Comes preloaded with just a few fares (not sure exactly how many; I imagine 1-4).

[Spokes]

Cool. Is the goal to replace tickets with these?

[KevinL]

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.

[danbrotherston]

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).

[KevinL]

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:

[plam]

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.