The transit agency has stated publiclythat fewer than 1 per cent of its new Presto fare card readers are out of service at any given time. Because the automatic detection system isn’t always reliable, the TTC had workers check the readers in person last week, and plans to test readers on buses as well. There are about 170 streetcars in service each day, Upfold said, and depending on the model, each has between two and six card readers. Roughly 5.4 per cent of the 38 million trips taken on the TTC last month were paid for using the fare card. Malfunctioning fare readers aren’t the only recent sign that the TTC’s adoption of Presto isn’t going as planned.

Source: thestar September 26, 2016 09:56 UTC