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Leo_Chan
Senior Member
chinesehorse
New Member
Just missing one more: the horizontal green card without the braille!
By the way, where did you find the vertical green card? I've been looking one for ages, for my own collection too
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
I had it for a long time, it was my first card, it has an “expiration date” of Aug 2017.Just missing one more: the horizontal green card without the braille!
By the way, where did you find the vertical green card? I've been looking one for ages, for my own collection too
Now thats just nitpicking and probably was only around for a short period, I assume.
chinesehorse
New Member
From what I know based on tweets, the one with braille was introduced in early 2015.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
But when was the horizontal without braille released?
44 North
Senior Member
Oh yeah forgot Metrolinx's colour is black now, with white and seafoam green lines. Sort of looks like a premium member card. Wonder if they'll make future trains black too.
chinesehorse
New Member
Funny, can't find a tweet from them announcing the release of the card with horizontal text. But based on pictures found on their Twitter, after December 2013, but before February 2014.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I pleasantly discovered yesterday that Mississauga Transit has a $0.80 fare when combined with GoTrain on Presto.
11th
Senior Member
and also wonder if the next batch of self-serve presto machines be black as well.
amnesiajune
Senior Member
That was a recommendation made by TTC staff (presumably because it helps them collect data about transit usage), and it was rejected. There's no actual plan to start requiring subway tap-offs at any point in the future. Stop spreading this misinformation!
The same report you linked also recommended moving the entire bus system to POP and getting rid of cash fare discounts for seniors and students. Neither of those recommendations were adopted either.
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nfitz
Superstar
What I highlighted was the board decision. I also linked the staff report for context. The decision is here:
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...eports/Decisions/Presentation_Fare_Policy.pdf
and the minutes are here:
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...on_meetings/2016/January_21/Minutes/index.jsp in HTML and here:
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...nuary_21/Minutes/Minutes_December_16_2015.pdf in PDF
The first part clearly says:
The Board received the presentation for information and adopted the recommendations in the staff report, as follows:
It is recommended that the Board:
1. Approve changes to TTC Fare Policy with specific emphasis on:
a. single cash fare in 2017
b. proof-of-payment system wide in 2017
c. ‘tap on’ to buses & streetcars, ‘tap on and off’ at subway stations in 2017
d. daily e-Purse loyalty on PRESTO in 2016
e. weekly and monthly Metropasses on PRESTO in 2016
f. moving the Metropass Discount Plan (MDP) to PRESTO online in 2017
g. migrating Volume Incentive Program customers onto the MDP program in 2017
h. peak and off-peak pricing as part of the 2018 budget process
It is recommended that the Board:
1. Approve changes to TTC Fare Policy with specific emphasis on:
a. single cash fare in 2017
b. proof-of-payment system wide in 2017
c. ‘tap on’ to buses & streetcars, ‘tap on and off’ at subway stations in 2017
d. daily e-Purse loyalty on PRESTO in 2016
e. weekly and monthly Metropasses on PRESTO in 2016
f. moving the Metropass Discount Plan (MDP) to PRESTO online in 2017
g. migrating Volume Incentive Program customers onto the MDP program in 2017
h. peak and off-peak pricing as part of the 2018 budget process
How is saying they were planning tap off at subway stations false information? Are you not the one spreading false information?
Moving the bus system to POP was recommendation 1b of the staff report. Single cash fare was recommendation 1a). TTC board also approved this. Both were scheduled for after full implementation of Presto, which has not occurred yet, however the minutes clearly show they were adopted at the December 16, 2015 meeting. I'm not sure why you say otherwise.
Whether any of these 3 items are still planned, I don't know. But they were on December 16, 2015. These are facts.
amnesiajune
Senior Member
It wasn't a decision. It was a recommendation, and again, not all recommendations are approved. These ones weren't approved.
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crs1026
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So, what happens to single-fare tickets in a tap-off environment? And, will these tickets have enough micrchip capacity for transfers? And what happens when fare by distance is adopted - the ticket machines will have to ask where you are going?
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