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TTC: New Fare Gate Installation

Leo_Chan said:
I think it was mentioned that the TTC is ~15% Presto. I could be wrong though.
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If you read the latest )April) CEO Report )page 22) you would see:

Ridership using the PRESTO Farecard (e-purse; period pass) in February was 9.5M, which was 1.3M (16%) above the budget of 8.2M. In terms of year-over year growth, February’s PRESTO ridership of 9.5M was 4.8M (102%) above the ridership of 4.7M for the comparable period in 2017.
Year-to-date to the end of February 2018, ridership was 2.5M (14%) above budget and 11.4M (129%) above the comparable period in 2017.
Analysis The PRESTO component of total TTC ridership continues to grow rapidly. The PRESTO adoption rate increased from 22.4% to 23.2% in February 2018.

The PRESTO adoption rate is expected to accelerate throughout 2018 in conjunction with the phasing-out of legacy fare media and the commensurate uptake of PRESTO-based fare media.
 
DSC said:
If you read the latest )April) CEO Report )page 22) you would see:

Ridership using the PRESTO Farecard (e-purse; period pass) in February was 9.5M, which was 1.3M (16%) above the budget of 8.2M. In terms of year-over year growth, February’s PRESTO ridership of 9.5M was 4.8M (102%) above the ridership of 4.7M for the comparable period in 2017.
Year-to-date to the end of February 2018, ridership was 2.5M (14%) above budget and 11.4M (129%) above the comparable period in 2017.
Analysis The PRESTO component of total TTC ridership continues to grow rapidly. The PRESTO adoption rate increased from 22.4% to 23.2% in February 2018.

The PRESTO adoption rate is expected to accelerate throughout 2018 in conjunction with the phasing-out of legacy fare media and the commensurate uptake of PRESTO-based fare media.
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It would be interesting to see the TTC Presto adoption percentage data graphed with expected adoption projected.
 
DSC said:
Look at page 22 of the last CEO Report, there is a graph there.
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Thanks! :D
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nfitz said:
Not sure what is difference between Phase 1 and Phase 2. They've already done 2 of the 3 entrances, and only the west exit to St George Street itself is left. Which I'd have called at least Phase 3.
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I'm guessing that Phase 1 is the side of the entrance that's north of the newsstand. It's currently boarded up. Phase 2 is likely the side that's currently opened up.
 
Are the gates on the wood just placed there for installation at the other entrance?
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From here
The [King Station] commerce court entrance will be done with our easier access construction project. The fare gates won't be available there until sometime next year. I believe this entrance is being staffed open to close so customers can access the temporary PRESTO card readers
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Leo_Chan said:
From here
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Makes sense.

We're lucky Toronto plans to complete Easier Access by mid-2020s -- more than a decade sooner than Montreal who has their equivalent elevator projects complete by year 2039.

Inevitably, the decade-ongoing elevator installations at TTC stations creates a construction schedule conflict with faregate installs at a few stations. So it appears that this is one of the "phasing adjustment" casualities of faregate installs. Thankfully, manning + temporary Presto reader comes to the rescue here.

At least all the important stations (including Union) will be fully nicely faregated with lots of redundant Presto Add-Value vending machines by then. With majority of glitches removed by then, mandatorily.

And Presto adoption should still hit within a stone's throw of 90% before the non-Presto Metropasses go poof.
 
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Which stations currently have old turnstiles still in? I know Wilson still has some high gate exits and Yorkdale has the old turnstiles, but are there any more?
 
Streety McCarface said:
Which stations currently have old turnstiles still in? I know Wilson still has some high gate exits and Yorkdale has the old turnstiles, but are there any more?
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This is on TTC website, ( http://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Construction/PRESTO_construction.jsp ) but it is unclear if they mean all others are finished (except King @ Commerce Court - which we know is 'coming'.)

Stations PRESTO available at all entrances
Station Union Station - north fare line PRESTO available at all entrances May 18
Station Union Station - south fare line PRESTO available at all entrances May 25
Station Union Station - Brookfield Rotunda PRESTO available at all entrances May 28
Station Sheppard-Yonge Station - main entrance PRESTO available at all entrances May 31
Station St George Station - phase one PRESTO available at all entrances June 14
Station St George Station - phase two PRESTO available at all entrances June 25
Station Finch Station - all entrances PRESTO available at all entrances June
 
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