Presto is coming to a handful of stations early next year but TTC is too incompetent to install it on the buses / streetcars.

If you mean by how little integration there is between the GO and subway, you're right. It's quite sad to see that only 2-3 stations are located right next to a GO station (eg Union, Kipling, maybe Old Mill/Leslie). I think GO should have been the express variant of the subway but this is not...

oh wow, I'll look for that this week. haha I meant the LED screens on the viva stops. I dont think TTC will be installing those anytime in the future on its bus stops but I recall an announcement for a project which will allow you to receive text alerts on your phone of where your next bus...

That would be ideal but in the real world, you have to pay depending on distance you travel. Madrid's regional map on the top has different zones based on distance, in the GTA, there is no zone based fare (except for the GO). So you can't really expect to pay JUST the go fare. For me, 60 cents...

^^^ GO already has integration (albeit not free transfers) with most of the regional transit systems including YRT, MT, OT, DRT. TTC is the only one holding out for some reason.

Just making all trips to/from Union within the downtown loop free with a GO ticket will exponentially increase GO ridership and make things many times more efficient. A merger isn't necessary for this to happen. Seoul's system has fare integration between the 2 subway operators, national...

http://www3.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Coupler/2009/April/Next_Train_Arrival_up_at_13_stations.jsp They have this in the LCD screens in 13 stations right now and claim that all stations will be equipped with this technology by the end of the year. We have 1 month left and many important stations...

what a deal! Here, we would have to pay around 4-5 times that amount TTC metropass +GO monthly pass + your local bedtown's monthly pass Honestly, life would be so much easier for commuters if TTC has some kind of fare integration with GO

I thought it was pretty clear that I was comparing tax levels to other 'developed' nations like France, Japan, Italy ...etc Zambians make a fraction (few dollars a day) of an average Canadian hence they pay less tax than us. Even adjusting for PPP, they still pay less. Hell, the whole...

my sentiments exactly. We pay more tax than most other countries as well

I would tread carefully when comparing Madrid's network to Seouls. Madrids trains are shorter (4-6 cars) than Seouls (mostly 8-10 cars) and narrower as well, thus making the stations equally as small in size. On paper, they both have a similar size of network (madrid 282.5km, seoul 314km)...

I like your suggestions but this one is better for situations like today when the segment in question is short. (between St Clair and Summerhill) They should have turned the SB trains around at St Clair and NB trains at Summerhill. This way, people can just walk the short distance (5-10min...

I dont like them mostly because the new york ones are smaller by far in width and length ps. even if the new rocket can hit 88mph (i highly doubt it), it won't affect travel time very much since it can only go as fast as the train ahead - which might be T1 or an older rolling stock. And plus...

to be fair, I transferred at Square 1 terminal to 10 bristol to continue northwards on hurontario and turn at bristol. that transfer took 5-10 min so Cooksville GO -> bristol took 65-70 min The LRT should alleviate this madness, assuming it has transit priority signals at intersections and a...

I rode MT for the first time yesterday and it was one of the most horriffic transit experiences I've ever had I got off the GO train at Cooksville GO station and got on the Hurontario bus. It was choke full of people and it got stuck in traffic most of the time. I was going north of 403 on...

the 'photo' looks bit like CG to me