03-07-2022, 01:43 PM
(03-07-2022, 09:04 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: I mean, the whole point of government is to plan for the future, we KNEW that tighter integration with the GTA was something we were striving for, it was easily foreseeable that fare card unity would be a long term benefit.
I do agree that Presto had more issue then, but it is utterly naive to think that our little town would be able to launch a fare card without issues. To me, the most legitimate argument against presto is not trusting the province.
In any case, it's a moot point now, we'll just have to wait 30 years for an integrated fare card. For me, I literally have nine fare cards in my travel bag now....three family members times GRT, Presto, and London. Where we will be by the end of the month, I expect to have 3 fare cards for the entire country including bike rentals.
People have had mentioned a lot of operational issues with Presto. I think the financial issue is nontrivial as well: I remember hearing that it costs quite a bit to use.
NZ is a much smaller country and also has 4 fare cards for different cities, so there's that.