09-02-2015, 03:13 PM
(09-02-2015, 01:59 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote:(09-02-2015, 01:20 PM)plam Wrote: Thanks. Sounds like not-PRESTO although they don't go out and say that. Also, no bills is somewhat passenger-unfriendly, but not as much as in New York City. It really is inconvenient in NYC because they don't do dollar coins. It should be much less inconvenient in Canada.
I'm pretty confident based on a focus group I attended that GRT is going with non-PRESTO system. Partly due to roll-out hiccups, but I believe primarily to ensure that GRT retains control of pricing structures and options, rather than being stuck using PRESTO's options.
It is decidedly not PRESTO.
There was an open RFP, to which Presto bid, but I seem to recall that, most notably, they couldn't meet the fare type flexibility that the Region asked for.
Read all about it here:
http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...df#page=45