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Sep. 14th, 2007 10:13 amI finished up my new student card for the NYC rush lines last night. I'm a little worried that I wasn't asked about it when I took it to be laminated. That worked well for me but I think when someone's being handed ID to laminate they should at least ask what it's for.
In other news the TTC has announced a large fare raise. I'm not impressed. They had a survey going around a few weeks ago that pretty much tried to force you into one of two choices: 1. raise fares. or 2. reduce service. I don't like either option. I choose option 3. Send people who run the TTC to any number of cities who run better transit and let them see how it's done.
1. Student discount should be for all students, not just TO high school kids with that special TTC card. If you have a student card from ANY high school/university, you should qualify for a discount. I hate seeing kids get yelled out when they come from other cities and don't know they can't pay student fare.
2. If fares are going to be raised, especially by a rather large percentage, then service had better improve. During rush hour there aren't enough subway trains to keep up with the demand. Clearly the problem isn't that we don't have enough people using the TTC but that we sometimes have more than the service can handle, this should mean there is more money being made and therefore that should be spent on improving the servie.
3. Hire a better scheduler. I've had many days where I've gone to catch a bus or streetcar, see more than 1 go by as I walk towards the stop and then have to wait 30 minutes for the next one since everything is travelling in a clump. That's just ridiculous.
4. Work on customer service. So many times I see people getting yelled at for using a transfer when they shouldn't be etc and most of the things that people are getting yelled at are simple mistakes. Transfers have different rules in different cities. Toronto clings to the old fashioned rules for some unknown reason. Some cities in the US let you use a transfer for a set amount of time. I think it's SanFransisco that has a 6 hour transfer. My parents loved that! You could get on any bus/streetcard for 6 hours after you'd paid your fare. That's a great incentive to take the ttc.
5. Modernize. Things like ttc tokens and transfers with such strict rules are outdated. How much money gets spent makeing ttc tokens? Probably a lot and we could cut that. I love the MTA cards NYC uses. If we made all of our transit card or cash only that would eliminate the need to make tokens and tickets and could possibly save us money. If transfers were more flexible then there would be less need for the drivers to have unnecessary fights about them.
....and there's my ranting for the day.
In other news the TTC has announced a large fare raise. I'm not impressed. They had a survey going around a few weeks ago that pretty much tried to force you into one of two choices: 1. raise fares. or 2. reduce service. I don't like either option. I choose option 3. Send people who run the TTC to any number of cities who run better transit and let them see how it's done.
1. Student discount should be for all students, not just TO high school kids with that special TTC card. If you have a student card from ANY high school/university, you should qualify for a discount. I hate seeing kids get yelled out when they come from other cities and don't know they can't pay student fare.
2. If fares are going to be raised, especially by a rather large percentage, then service had better improve. During rush hour there aren't enough subway trains to keep up with the demand. Clearly the problem isn't that we don't have enough people using the TTC but that we sometimes have more than the service can handle, this should mean there is more money being made and therefore that should be spent on improving the servie.
3. Hire a better scheduler. I've had many days where I've gone to catch a bus or streetcar, see more than 1 go by as I walk towards the stop and then have to wait 30 minutes for the next one since everything is travelling in a clump. That's just ridiculous.
4. Work on customer service. So many times I see people getting yelled at for using a transfer when they shouldn't be etc and most of the things that people are getting yelled at are simple mistakes. Transfers have different rules in different cities. Toronto clings to the old fashioned rules for some unknown reason. Some cities in the US let you use a transfer for a set amount of time. I think it's SanFransisco that has a 6 hour transfer. My parents loved that! You could get on any bus/streetcard for 6 hours after you'd paid your fare. That's a great incentive to take the ttc.
5. Modernize. Things like ttc tokens and transfers with such strict rules are outdated. How much money gets spent makeing ttc tokens? Probably a lot and we could cut that. I love the MTA cards NYC uses. If we made all of our transit card or cash only that would eliminate the need to make tokens and tickets and could possibly save us money. If transfers were more flexible then there would be less need for the drivers to have unnecessary fights about them.
....and there's my ranting for the day.
