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I'm not sure if this was mentioned or not yet, but I just found out GRT is going to replace all the old orange bus stop signs with new ones.
https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/...rkers.aspx
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(11-15-2018, 12:53 AM)bgb_ca Wrote: I'm not sure if this was mentioned or not yet, but I just found out GRT is going to replace all the old orange bus stop signs with new ones.
https://www.grt.ca/en/rider-information/...rkers.aspx
They've been doing that for a while. mostly the one's where routes are changing first.
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My son is going to be heart broken. He sees yellow signs everywhere and thinks they're bus stops hah.
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I've always hated the orange/yellow ones... white makes so much more sense.
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I thought someone had lost a valuable farecard on the bus - until I picked it up and found it much thinner and lighter! Looks like limited-use cardboard fares will be a thing.
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(11-20-2018, 11:01 PM)KevinL Wrote: I thought someone had lost a valuable farecard on the bus - until I picked it up and found it much thinner and lighter! Looks like limited-use cardboard fares will be a thing.
I actually found one the other day as well. I've been meaning to see what kind of nfc chip is in it. (I'm guessing a mifare ultralight)
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It is indeed a MiFare Ultralight.
Someone in the Facebook group confirmed these are already being distributed by homeless shelters and social programs! That was quick.
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Is that the reloadable card?
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No, it's a non-reloadable disposable. Comes preloaded with just a few fares (not sure exactly how many; I imagine 1-4).
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Cool. Is the goal to replace tickets with these?
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The sort of tickets used casually, yes - that are handed out, or bought by those who are visting or don't intend to regularly use the system.
People who regularly buy tickets would get a plastic card with stored balance, and top that up as needed.
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(11-21-2018, 08:57 PM)KevinL Wrote: The sort of tickets used casually, yes - that are handed out, or bought by those who are visting or don't intend to regularly use the system.
People who regularly buy tickets would get a plastic card with stored balance, and top that up as needed.
I have realized that the stored value cards are a lot more expensive than they seem, you must consider the balance one must carry continuously to use the system, so even though a presto card for example is only 5 dollars, I generally carry a balance of 40 or so in order to ensure I can round-trip + TTC in Toronto. Make it rather expensive for anyone of lower income--and totally unnecessary if they were willing to tie it to a payment system (i.e., they could be the ones to take the 40 dollar risk, which would be low if they already had payment info).
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One step forward with online reloads of the EasyGo cards - you'll now get a special screen flash and audible tone when a reload goes onto your card:
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(11-21-2018, 08:57 PM)KevinL Wrote: The sort of tickets used casually, yes - that are handed out, or bought by those who are visting or don't intend to regularly use the system.
People who regularly buy tickets would get a plastic card with stored balance, and top that up as needed.
Montreal has a single-use ticket (paper), a short-term-use farecard L'occasionnelle (paper with RFID), and the OPUS plastic farecard. Boston seems to only have the paper and plastic options. Looks like we're going for paper with RFID/plastic.
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