- Target:
- GO Transit Riders
- Region:
- Canada
In January 2013 GO transit stopped issuing Monthly Passes and will only accept PRESTO cards or Cash. Recently the price of a ticket paid by cash is $9.20 from Oshawa to Union Stn. PRESTO cards are card you tap on and off thanks to technology, but i'm sure as everyone has noticed technology does have glitches at time.
If you are heading to work, and you tap on... what happens if your card doesn't work, or you unintentionally tap on twice, or you tap on and think it worked but when the time comes to tap your card on the train to make sure you paid and your card doesn't work? you will be stuck with a ticket making you pay even more. Monthly passes were expensive but we should still have the option... we have the RIGHT to have the option because the amount of money GO transit makes off of us is plenty to keep monthly passes available.
If you go to Union Stn in Toronto you will notice a billboard of some sorts across fro track number 4 of what Union Station will look like.. It looks like our hard earned dollars are going towards stuff to make THEM better but not us at all. WE HAVE RIGHTS - WE SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS especially if we are using our money to pay for their renovations...
PRESTO passes have taken over and I am sure there are people who believe we should have more options with something that takes OUR hard earned money. JAN 2013 GO Transit stopped their Monthly Passes because PRESTO was being used a lot.
Money keeps rising when it comes to riding the GO and if you go somewhere everyday the money on your PRESTO gets eaten up FAST. Sure it gives you discounts but in the long run you'll be spending more using PRESTO then you would with a monthly pass that costs less than $300 from Oshawa to Union Station with unlimited rides, You don't have to worry about tapping on in a crowd, or Tapping on more than once by accident.With monthly passes you don't have to worry about it not working like a PRESTO card.
What this petition is about is bringing back our options. People can Use Presto, or pay in cash but have there be an option for monthly passes too.
We have rights, and it's our money we should get to choose what passes we get.
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The We Should Have Options - Bring Back Go Transit Monthly Passes petition to GO Transit Riders was written by Hayley and is in the category Roads & Transport at GoPetition.