APTA-2048 said:
If you've just tapped of a GO bus, you should be charged $1.50 if you tap on a TTC vehicle or station.
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Thanks. What about the other way round? Does one get any fare discount when tapping onto a GO bus right after leaving the subway at 407?
 
Google is extremely rich. Perhaps they could hire those volunteers who add in future subway lines on OpenStreetMaps and pay them six-digit figures annually with all sorts of benefits. Google can even pay them to move to Mountain View.
 
innsertnamehere said:
the Go-TTC co fare does exist, so it's a $1.50 premium. For YRT customers, it would still be $3, so I imagine the vast majority will walk from Steeles West.
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I hope the $1.50 fare discount between TTC and transit agencies bordering Toronto is one of those "worthy" programs that get funded from general revenue despite the loss of cap-and-trade revenues. The province did claim they would look into funding some programs on a case-by-case basis. Sell it as the transit equivalent of "10 cents off gas" (and for the SUV-driving crowd, "less congestion for you by getting other drivers off the road")
 
Sandpit said:
I hope the $1.50 fare discount between TTC and transit agencies bordering Toronto is one of those "worthy" programs that get funded from general revenue despite the loss of cap-and-trade revenues. The province did claim they would look into funding some programs on a case-by-case basis.
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It wasn't cancelled in the initial wave of program cuts from removing cap and trade, so I imagine it's here to stay. I'm hoping that the previously planned fare integration initiatives will also move forward.
 
innsertnamehere said:
It wasn't cancelled in the initial wave of program cuts from removing cap and trade, so I imagine it's here to stay. I'm hoping that the previously planned fare integration initiatives will also move forward.
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My impression was that when cap-and-trade was cancelled, all cap-and-trade funded programs were automatically cancelled with it, with the Province leaving an opening for bringing certain "worthy" programs back with funding from general revenue. As for fare integration, I think that's pratically impossible at this point: if they could get it done, they would have done it by now. The best hope is for fare discounts like between GO and other agencies.
 
thettctransitfanatic said:
Walking is good for your health anyways... As well, York U was the one who kicked GO out of the terminal, did you watch the video @Leo_Chan provided ?
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They wanted GO out of the Commons, but I don't think they would mind if GO took over YRT's former space. But having operations at Highway 407 makes things easier for GO: no jog down Keele, and no detours when transferring between Highway 407 East and West buses.
 
Sandpit said:
They wanted GO out of the Commons, but I don't think they would mind if GO took over YRT's former space. But having operations at Highway 407 makes things easier for GO: no jog down Keele, and no detours when transferring between Highway 407 East and West buses.
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The Commons usually hosts 5-8 GO buses simultaneously - I doubt there's enough room at the YRT/Zum stop.
 
Neutrino said:
The Commons usually hosts 5-8 GO buses simultaneously - I doubt there's enough room at the YRT/Zum stop.
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Terminate Highway 407 West buses at Hwy 407 Station and have Highway 407 East buses serve York U (I'm imagining a situation similiar to how the 25 serves U Waterloo) before terminating at Highway 407. The upside is no fare issue, but the downside is that it would still require a transfer at Highway 407 for those coming from the west and a detour for those transferring between East and West.
 
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