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Those agencies are able to do so because GO offers a subsidy for each passenger that takes local transit, because it's cheaper than building more parking. GO does not offer such a subsidy to the TTC, presumably to remind 416ers that they're not particularly welcome on GO.
Isn't it just an acknowledgement of two things (and I will use the Bloor station on the georgetown line as an example):
1. If you have missed the last train home (6:45 from Union) are you more likely to take a GO bus (albeit with no stops) for $3.95 or a ttc bus/subway/streetcar for $2.75......the comparative time saving and comfort that a GO train offers for the extra $1.20 is lost once you shift someone to a bus;
2. Given the less highway nature of the roads to the Bloor station...any bus that had to continue on to, say, Weston and Etobicoke north would have horrible trip times and would likely prove uncompetitive with TTC (even Etobicoke North is probably easier to access via subway connecting to a bus).
Of course those "arguments" probably don't help the guy with a monthly pass (as he now has to pay twice) but for a single ticket rider or, even, a 10-ride pass buyer, they would be better off (financially and time wise) to use the ttc if they missed their last train home.