Depending on the length of the trip, GO journeys within Toronto can currently cost Presto users more than $6. The provincial Liberals are offering plenty of goodies to Toronto-area transit users in their pre-election budget. The Liberals are pitching the suite of proposals as a way of increasing public access to “to a safe, reliable and seamless transit system” across the GTA. The Liberal budget also takes a page from the now discarded platform launched by former Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown by promising to “begin discussions” with Toronto about the province taking ownership of TTC subway lines. In order to attract riders, the price of a trip would have to be comparable to the TTC, which charges $3 for Presto users.

Source: thestar March 28, 2018 23:03 UTC