12-24-2023, 01:23 PM
(12-24-2023, 11:31 AM)Acitta Wrote: Well, once upon a time, you had to carry tickets for the GRT and tokens for the TTC, not to mention Greyhound or any other transit system you might have to use. I don't find it difficult to carry two transit cards. I bought a two-card wallet just for that purpose. In a world where so many people are dealing with life and death problems, having to have two transit cards seems like a rather trivial problem.
Yes, we have made constant improvements to the ease of use of transit...that's a good thing...but the fact that it was harder before is not a reason that we shouldn't make it easier than it is now.
And that's a really weak argument...the existence of serious problems does not mean our problems don't matter. It wasn't trivial to me when I was unable to get on the train for an hour getting to Kitchener, or when Rainrider's daughter was unable to get on her bus to work.
If there was a GOOD reason not to use presto...if our system was better in some way, then you could say "well, it's worth the trade off carrying two cards, and putting up with some difficulties"...but it isn't. Our system, isn't good, on it's best days it's merely equal to presto, and it's only unique feature is we get to be a special flower with our own farecard. But those days are well in the past, now it is equal or worse in every way, and it will cost us a fortune to meet (and keep meeting) presto's featureset.
So we have an inferior system, that costs us more, and in return we get nothing but our (or at least some bureaucrat's) ego stroked.
Anyway, I can't help but think that there was more to your comment, based on how my reply was broken up in your reply, but I don't see any text.