1overcosc
Active Member
YES and when you leave the vehicle to board the subway. Otherwise you won't have a transfer to get on the next bus or streetcar.
OCTranspo doesn't have rear door boarding for 40 ft buses anywhere on the system. There is no need to have a presto reader in the back. In fact 99% of the transit systems in Canada does not allow rear door entry. Fare paid zone (that is not POP) is unique to the TTC which allows rear door boarding at stations to speed up loading time. Ottawa wants to copy TTC's fare paid zone for their new LRT stations but they have a time based transfer system. There is no need to tap, tap and tap so they don't need one at the rear doors.
Yep. When Ottawa implements its LRT system, bus->LRT transfers will use the exact same setup that the TTC uses with transfers inside fare paid zones. Ottawa reviewed dozens of systems across the world and decided Toronto's model was the most efficient and most worth copying.