GO Transit

[tomh009]

I'm not sure what was not "knowable" before...we KNEW we were advocating for better transit connections to Toronto. It is knowable from other systems around the world that fare card integration is a significant benefit.

And yet the percentage of transit riders that regularly use both GRT and a Presto-based system is tiny (we can see this from the GO ridership data). So, arguably, being able to provide better solutions for university/college students and for low-income residents could be viewed as more important than Presto integration.

Metrolinx's stance on Presto really reminds me of the old Lily Tomlin skits ... "we don't care, we are the phone company, we don't have to!"

Integration would be nice but I really don't see it as a disaster at this point in time.