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Old Posted Apr 17, 2012, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by eternallyme View Post
One issue will be that for occasional riders and tourists, they would have to pay cash if the tickets are removed. One solution I could think of is a special PRESTO card that is not personalized, but simply prepaid. It could have, say, 5 or 10 regular-fare or reduced-fare rides pre-installed. Such would not be compatible with express routes (they would have to pay the balance), but express routes are almost never used by tourists.

A mid-term goal should be to encourage outlying municipalities to get their regional systems onto PRESTO as well (although obviously the fares would be dramatically different).
I think the tourist issue is a bit of misnomer. In London, the Oyster Card is 5 pounds, refundable, and saves you so much money that it's worth buying and most people don't bother to return them. For this to work, you'd just need Presto Card dispensers and Presto loading stations at each Transitway station, at the Greyhound terminal and the Airport.

For those tourists that drive, hotels could be encouraged to hand out or sell Presto cards to their guests.
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