07-31-2017, 10:51 AM
(07-31-2017, 09:43 AM)Canard Wrote:(07-31-2017, 08:52 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Says who? One of the advertised benefits of the timed transfer, at least in some place, is precisely that one can do a number of small trips on one fare. Also it’s just sensible — in Toronto you have the ridiculous situation where technically I’m in violation if I pop into the corner store at my transfer point.
A transfer is just that - a transfer.
Using it to stop and doddle and do all your errands and get a free ride home is unethical and totally against the concept of the system.
That would be what we are discussing. In at least some jurisdictions, a fare is good for unlimited travel for 90 or 120 or whatever minutes, and part of the purpose of that is precisely and explicitly to allow short round or multi-stage trips to be taken on one fare. I took a quick look around the GRT site just now and while it doesn’t explicitly give this as a feature of the system, it also says absolutely nothing about which trips are legitimate and which are not. So it may be against your concept of the system, but I have not found any evidence that it is against GRT’s concept. I would be interested if you were able to find any.
Also it’s inappropriate to characterize other people’s travel needs as “doddle”.
I should expand a bit on what I said about Toronto: I have heard rumours of drivers denying transfers because they see people come out of a store at the bus stop, when the people were just using the store as a place out of the rain. In other words they didn’t even stop over; they just waited at a convenient place immediately next to the bus stop. I for one would refuse to de-board in such a situation. If the driver really wants to call the transit police I’d be happy to explain the situation to them.