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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by sonnyblarney on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:39AM (#18957918)
No, you cannot 'just buy' a 'presto card'.

Astonishingly, the 'change collectors', who only sell tokens don't sell Presto cards.

Yet another mind-blowing bit of incompetence.

In Montreal, not only can you buy temporary cards (with money or visa), but you can also put rides on them in a fully automated way.

I will admit that the situation in Toronto may be temporary, but it's still utterly ridiculous.

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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by JacobJans on Monday January 21, 2019 @07:44AM (#18959970)
Actually, you can now buy a Presto Card from machines. There are no more change collectors! And there are absolutely no more tokens. They just transitioned.
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Re:Paris Will Make Public Transportation Free for Kids by sonnyblarney on Monday January 21, 2019 @01:43AM (#18958198)
I'd encourage anyone down-voting this to suggest why the TTC Subway 'change collectors' who sell tokens to enter the subway (essentially their only function) - do not also sell 'presto cards'.

And why you have to line up, pay, enter the station, and buy 'presto card' passes ... from the newstand in most cases ? ...

It's utter dysfunction.

[1] http://getpres.to/en/gateway-newstands/

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