TTC proposes 10-cent fare increase
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There is so much fucking wastage in that organization - no amount of subsidy or fare hikes will ever help them.
This ^^^. Years ago I had a roommate who was a mechanic at Canadian Tire doing piecework. One of his customers worked for TTC and got him a job there. He told me they'd sleep on night shift while one of them kept lookout for supervisors. Our fares hard at work.
My mechanic works there and he told me they are jerking it most of the time - he is able to do a lot of work on the side. Benefits are also off the charts...
should be an increase of $10.00 I haven't taken transit in 20+ years why should I subsidize it? you take it YOU should pay the actual cost so for instance when the liberal carbon tax kicks in add it to each fare every time the union gets increase to wage or benefits pass it on to fares
Must reading for Uber users. See link below.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/tech/uber-investigations-unit-report/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/tech/uber-investigations-unit-report/index.html
So should we stop funding highways, roadways, airports, sea ports, train stations, etc with public money then? Privatization of highways, transit, etc simply does not work the way we've done it in Ontario. We've given companies far too much leeway in gouging customers without no recourse.
You should subsidize it even more or deal with adding millions more vehicles to our roads and the resulting traffic chaos.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/11/02/fail_rates_vary_for_driver_test_centres.html
Drive-by cash grab
Is UK giant in charge of licensing flunking drivers to nab more dough?
BY JENNY YUEN FEBRUARY 17, 2005 12:00 AM
https://nowtoronto.com/news/drive-by-cash-grab/
In the distant future, we'll be able to pay for transit using our phones. Just in time for phones to be obsolete and we'll have them implanted in our heads. I think they've been testing paper Presto cards, but there's still a waste problem since you have circuits inside.
You're actually worried about putting the minimal amount of plastic contained in a PRESTO card into the environment? The PRESTO card is made of plastic but has no expiry date. So in theory, you only need one in your lifetime.
Compare that to the number of condoms and wrappers you go through on a yearly basis, which end up in landfill!
I curtail putting plastic into the world when and where I can (e.g. reusing plastic shopping bags until they rip, then recycling them, etc.). People loose things and have to replace them so it's not a one time only situation for all. Although not perfect, paper cards would be a better alternative.
