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TTC stupidity
Dec. 18th, 2015 10:38 amThe TTC has now enabled Presto, an RFID-based smart card, on all of its streetcar routes.
Actually, that's not quite right. It has enabled it on all of its streetcars. On some routes, like King (504) they use buses to supplement the streetcars during the morning and evening rush hours. These buses are not so enabled.
So far, this is only somewhat irritating. What moves it up to full-blown stupidity is scenarios like the one I saw this morning. I was waiting for the King car with a friend who was ready with a Presto card, when a bus came along with a streetcar immediately behind. My friend held back from the bus, because it could not take the Presto card... only to have the streetcar sail blithely past the bus, which was stopped for loading.
Now that the two types of transit have different access characteristics, a streetcar should wait to see if there are any Presto-using customers who will not board the bus.
Actually, that's not quite right. It has enabled it on all of its streetcars. On some routes, like King (504) they use buses to supplement the streetcars during the morning and evening rush hours. These buses are not so enabled.
So far, this is only somewhat irritating. What moves it up to full-blown stupidity is scenarios like the one I saw this morning. I was waiting for the King car with a friend who was ready with a Presto card, when a bus came along with a streetcar immediately behind. My friend held back from the bus, because it could not take the Presto card... only to have the streetcar sail blithely past the bus, which was stopped for loading.
Now that the two types of transit have different access characteristics, a streetcar should wait to see if there are any Presto-using customers who will not board the bus.
