It appears as if “Presto” might not have been the most fitting name for the smart-card system being installed on Toronto’s transit network. There has been nothing easy or magical about the Toronto Transit Commission’s fare gates. As Spurr reported, the TTC – which owns and operates the fare gates on its properties, while Metrolinx owns and runs the overall Presto system – has contracted for 1,000 gates. In the meantime, Metrolinx and the TTC continue to bicker about who is responsible for fare revenue lost due to misfiring Presto readers. As the Star has argued in the past, implementing an up-to-date, efficient and flexible fare card is vital to the long-overdue modernizing of Toronto’s creaky transit system.

Source: thestar March 19, 2018 10:07 UTC