salsa
Senior Member
Is there only a limited supply of these presto cards, or will they be around for a while?
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Megaton327
Senior Member
They have been gone for a while, at least since June 17th probably earlier (source: https://twitter.com/UPexpress/status/611286578904829952).
NotMathematical
Active Member
Davisville Station is now PRESTO Enabled. Museum and Queen Stations are left for implementation in Wave 1. We will further information on the PRESTO roll out on surface routes and stations tomorrow at the TTC Board Meeting at 10:30AM. They will also be presented with a plan for implementation of the new PRESTO faregates across the TTC. Hopefully it's reasonable.
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...O_Board_Report_for_June_22_2015_meeting_3.pdf
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...O_Board_Report_for_June_22_2015_meeting_3.pdf
TOareaFan
Superstar
^it is interesting but wasn't Museum one of the first wave 1 stations to be wired for Presto? I recall a discussion here where some (me included) were under the false impression that that project would end with active Presto at Museum....and that was way back.....just funny how we are down to two stations left and it is one of them.
NotMathematical
Active Member
If I recall correctly, Museum was used for testing of PRESTO, and I believe Metrolinx/PRESTO promised PRESTO readers at Museum a while back but never came. Correct me if I am wrong....
nfitz
Superstar
Museum was used for testing the wiring upgrades the TTC needed. There was no promise of Presto there before July 2015. A target they may likely still meet, given that the only other station still coming for that date is Queen.
Toffy
Active Member
That may just be regarding Union station, when I picked up mine from Weston last Monday there was still a big stack of them.
Megaton327
Senior Member
In the linked tweet you can also see them add that it's sold out at all stations https://twitter.com/UPexpress/status/611291895130660864
This was on the 17th, last Monday being the 15th I guess that the last ones went away sometime between those dates.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
No more tokens and paper tickets by 2017 - fare collectors will become customer service reps.
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NotMathematical
Active Member
Tess Kalinowski @TessKalinowski 8m8 minutes ago
TTC needs 1,000 new fare gates for Presto. It gets 60 thru the procurement, staff will request about half those needed in July. R #TTC
TTC needs 1,000 new fare gates for Presto. It gets 60 thru the procurement, staff will request about half those needed in July. R #TTC
ehlow
Senior Member
If they remove the booths completely then it seems that you could have even more space for fare gates, which theoretically would mean higher passenger throughput, I'd assume?
I find it interesting that for the stations where they installed Presto readers recently, it's only a few gates that have them. I guess because it's a temporary measure?
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
any word on what the new fare gates will look like? I think Andy Byford talked at one point about wanting ones similar to the ones in London.
TOareaFan
Superstar
perhaps...but also because during this interim step Presto will be a small portion of the payments and it makes sense to spread out the available machines over more stations......so more stations with a few presto gates gives far more presto coverage than if they had it at fewer stations with all gates available to Presto
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Probably, though I can't imagine they'd remove all the booths since the station attendant will still have to be somewhere to monitor the platforms and assist customers. A switch away from turnstiles, as well as moving to readers with lower latency and more customer familiarization should lead to higher throughput in any case. They really need to think about the ergonomics of the gates/readers with a little bit more care.
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cplchanb
Senior Member
there was a pdf document many pages back showing the proposed design
does anyone have a link for convenience's sake?