06-24-2020, 01:38 PM
(06-24-2020, 12:43 PM)bgb_ca Wrote:(06-23-2020, 09:22 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Maybe, but none of those issues applied to TTC adopting Presto which only happened after those issues were ironed out, nor would they have applied to us. I'd have preferred if we had bought a system that had those issues fixed. I don't want to wait another 10 years for this bullshit to get fixed in our system. It is absurd, that with a completely standard system, we were unable to buy a working off the shelf solution, whether presto, or whatever.
It's not as simple as just "Buying" presto. If they went with Presto (Which they didn't because at the time they didn't have the features needed, and Presto did not enter a bid), it would have to be integrated into the Presto network, and a portion of every fare would have to be paid to Presto.
While it would be nice to have the same card as the GTA, I have no problems having both a Presto card and a GRT card (I only carry around my presto card when I head to the GTA. Last time I used it was in November.)
At this point, to change the system over to Presto would not be cheap, and would likely lead to fare increases.
These are all choices we make, and at the end of the day, for various reasons, we have chosen a path which was a) riskier (which bit us in the ass) and b) clearly worse for the user--but this is nothing new for non-car-occupants in the region.