Fritter
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Transit control doesn't always know quite where the bus is.
This one seems to be in Lake Ontario right now!
GO Trains seem to follow a similar route.
Transit control doesn't always know quite where the bus is.
This one seems to be in Lake Ontario right now!
Unfortunately presto doesn't work that way. UPX is sort of separate from the go network but you can use it as a go train from any of the stations that go trains can stop at as well.As you have to tap on and off I fail to see why one needs 2 different machines. Surely 'the system' should be able to deal with this.
That is actually hilarious.What about GO Buses? Surely they need to know the vehicle location when you tap off. I don't see how you put tap off machines at every GO bus stop.
Transit control doesn't always know quite where the bus is.
This one seems to be in Lake Ontario right now!
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Gosh, and here's another!
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What about GO Buses? Surely they need to know the vehicle location when you tap off. I don't see how you put tap off machines at every GO bus stop.
Transit control doesn't always know quite where the bus is.
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Gosh, and here's another!
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Not to go on about this but i realise 'that's how PRESTO works" - my question is WHY and why can't it be changed?Unfortunately presto doesn't work that way. UPX is sort of separate from the go network but you can use it as a go train from any of the stations that go trains can stop at as well.
Not to go on about this but i realise 'that's how PRESTO works" - my question is WHY and why can't it be changed?
I would have thought that they could do this behind the scenes without inconveniencing and confusing customers. Presumably they use PRESTO info to work out the ridership on individual GO routes, surely UPX is like another GO route (with a higher fare).I think it's a Metrolinx thing. They're keeping trips to/from the airport separate from trips within the city for accounting purposes.
I think it's a Metrolinx thing. They're keeping trips to/from the airport separate from trips within the city for accounting purposes.
Presumably they use PRESTO info to work out the ridership on individual GO routes, surely UPX is like another GO route (with a higher fare).
A quarter-billion dollar GTA-wide system that records and tracks fares for a half dozen transit agencies, including co-fare and inter-operator transfer fare distribution ledgers, but can't handle the accounting to distinguish UPX vs GO fares, based on a single "If" statement (If endpoint=Pearson, use UPE fare table, else use GO fare table)?
Presto is just a bunch of off-the-shelf products that are configured to work as one system. Nobody's writing code for Presto like you seem to suggest.
Presto is just a bunch of off-the-shelf products that are configured to work as one system. Nobody's writing code for Presto like you seem to suggest.
It may be a separate Division (though I thought it was going to be integrated at some point) but no matter, passengers on the GO part of Metrolinx use PRESTO, passengers on the UPX part of Metrolinx use PRESTO and PRESTO is run by Metrolinx. It is really not asking too much to have the tapping process integrated too!UPX is completely separate from Go Transit. It's an independent division of Metrolinx on its own.
I wonder what actually happens to the fare calculation if one taps on at Pearson, but taps off somewhere using the GO reader.
A quarter-billion dollar GTA-wide system ...