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BrettB said:
It's not clear to me where the hours from the cancelled routes will be redistributed. Anyone have info on that?
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It will always be tough to follow how hours are redistributed from cancelled routes, and despite that the 131, 725, and 726 are all being cancelled, it's not like these routes had a lot of service.
131- 1 bus M-F 5 hours
725- 1 bus M-F 11 hours, Sat- 9.5 hours
726- 1 bus, M-F 6.5 hours, Sat- 8 hours

The extended 111 will certainly take up some of those hours. The route 508 split into the 508 and 527 will need some hours. Whatever else is left over from this signups changes probably just gets put into the pool for September.
 
BrettB said:
It's not clear to me where the hours from the cancelled routes will be redistributed. Anyone have info on that?
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As mentioned by EdwardEdm, its hard to track the hours 1:1 across the system. A lot of the money also went into schedule adherence to try to get all routes - especially the crosstowns and routes affected by Valley Line West construction - to run more on time.
 
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thommyjo said:
Just a worse version of every other map and transit app out there. Not sure the need?
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I'd imagine there's an internal requirement of some sort to have an in-house system, even an imperfect one, as they have no control over the other apps availability. There's a non-zero (though, very low of course) chance they disappear from one day to the next in the tech world. This leads to a lesser in-house solution knowing most people use the 3rd party apps anyway, but they have a fallback if a worst-case-scenario occurs.
 

Meanwhile, in 2017, Singapore's TransitLink became the first public transport provider in Southeast Asia to accept contactless bank cards and the use of mobile wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay. The system, named SimplyGo, allows commuters to tap their contactless debit or credit cards, or smartphones/smart watches to pay for fares on the MRT, LRT and Bus network.

As in interesting sidenote, Edmonton has had an LRT system a decade longer than Singapore. Sometimes our quest for "made in Edmonton" solutions leaves us a long way behind the rest of the world as we repeat the mistakes made and lessons long-learned elsewhere.
 
kcantor said:

Meanwhile, in 2017, Singapore's TransitLink became the first public transport provider in Southeast Asia to accept contactless bank cards and the use of mobile wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay. The system, named SimplyGo, allows commuters to tap their contactless debit or credit cards, or smartphones/smart watches to pay for fares on the MRT, LRT and Bus network.

As in interesting sidenote, Edmonton has had an LRT system a decade longer than Singapore. Sometimes our quest for "made in Edmonton" solutions leaves us a long way behind the rest of the world as we repeat the mistakes made and lessons long-learned elsewhere.
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I’m a kind of glass half full. Guy on this one. It is a tremendous financial commitment that really couldn’t be justified without the critical mass of passenger numbers. Onward and upward 😀
 
Why ETS doesn't have tap and pay using debit cards is beyond me. They should have set this up in the first place. Nobody wants to deal with a bunch of plastic cards when only one should be needed.
 
itom987 said:
Why ETS doesn't have tap and pay using debit cards is beyond me. They should have set this up in the first place. Nobody wants to deal with a bunch of plastic cards when only one should be needed.
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Transit cards are used globally by most major cities, so using it here shouldn't be a surprise.
 
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