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lead82
Senior Member
This morning I noticed that two presto readers were installed at Finch station. Finally! I will sign up for a presto card now. Bye bye tockens!
Jonny5
Senior Member
My Transit Usage report became available today on the PRESTO website.
TOareaFan
Superstar
I had sent Presto an email asking about Brampton. Fully expecting the answer to be something like "well, it is an error that the website does not show an expected date. It is 'X' "
Was really surprised that the answer came back as stating that they are working on it but there is no expected schedule yet.
TOareaFan
Superstar
Looks like they have gone over 2 million taps!
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2011/02/two-million-taps-with-presto.html
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2011/02/two-million-taps-with-presto.html
lead82
Senior Member
Anyone know how long it takes to receive the presto card once ordered online?
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Around seven days, but I got mine in less.
DKsan
Active Member
Despite the ever vague "Spring 2011," do we have a estimate for when GO Buses will getting the Presto readers?
DavidH
Senior Member
Six buses have readers for testing and while they were not yet supposed to be in service with the readers, they did show up during the snowstorm two weeks ago. However, I've heard that there have been some problems discovered before they can go further.
Keep in mind that for space reasons, the Presto devices being used will replace the existing fare equipment completely and so will have to support ticket printing and cancellation as well. This makes them different from what other agencies are using.
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
Just to notify you guys, on majority of the YRT buses have the Presto reader turned on and displaying: not in service, coming soon. There's an approximate date of launching it on YRT around the end of March, but this has not been confirmed on YRT's site
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canrocks
New Member
Presto hasn't been working at Queen's Park station for a few weeks now - is it just my card or is it the actual reader?
RC8
Senior Member
My girlfriend used it there last week. There's 2 readers, one on each side.
lead82
Senior Member
Just got my Presto card yesterday. As a TTC only user, it's a shame I have to go to Union just to 'activate' the card against a Load balance checker and then can only use it 24hrs later? WTF kind of technology is that. I can't understand why they built a system that in which I can't use the card simply by having it registered online. I can do this with credit cards, so why the complexity with Presto?
Jonny5
Senior Member
A few notes:
Someone wrote here a while back that you now can activate your card at any TTC PRESTO terminal. I haven't seen any proof of this, but it's worth a try.
From my experience, once you tap on the balance checker, the card is fully active immediately. You don't have to wait another 24 hours.
I've never seen a credit card you can use as soon as it comes in the mail. It always has a sticker that says "Call this number to activate".
I know PRESTO makes you go to a terminal to activate, but I believe that is because the terminal has to signal the memory chip in the card that it is now enabled and to tell it how much money is on it.
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yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
Official Presto launch date on YRT/Viva is March 28th. {It seems to me that YRT will be the first agency to fully implement Presto on the whole system. I could be wrong, but are there any others that will/have Presto fully implemented by March 28?}
Update with the installation of Presto readers:
4 Presto readers are about to be installed outside at the Viva machine at Finch.
1 Presto reader is about to be installed at Promenade and is located in between the two current Viva machines.
Update with the installation of Presto readers:
4 Presto readers are about to be installed outside at the Viva machine at Finch.
1 Presto reader is about to be installed at Promenade and is located in between the two current Viva machines.