nfitz
Superstar
The current charge using Presto on the TTC is $2.50. Presumably they would continue at the token rate.Charge a flat fare of $3 or charge by distance?
Unless you get into tap-on and tap-off on every vehicle, fare-by-distance is a non-starter. Even London, with it's complex zone system, has a single fare on buses.
Surely we'd just implement in the same manner that a half-dozen agencies have already implemented it. Tap to get onto each vehicle/station. Transfers good for 2 hours or so (or 2.5, or whatever). children/seniors, etc. would just have their card tagged that they are whatever - just like every other system, and have to carry ID in case they are inspected. I'd assume they'd continue their no-transfer rule to GO and other systems.
The implementation is simple; it's simply the size of it.