Transportation
Transit Hack of the Day: A Sleek Card to Hold Toronto's Old-School Tokens
It's almost as convenient as a system that just uses an automated transit card.
Toronto's had a bit of a rough go in its efforts to leave the old-fashioned subway token behind. When the Toronto Transit Commission last tried to phase in a ticket system, they had to shut the pilot down after rampant counterfeiting (by their own employee, no less). Now, only students, seniors, and those who spring for a weekly or monthly pass can get around those pesky tokens.
City residents were last promised an integrated electronic system as part of the regional PRESTO system by 2015. Or maybe it's more like "four to five years," TTC CEO Andy Byford said this spring.