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Cold and rainy today, but I planned to spend most of my time in a streetcar, and did. This is 100% genuine streetcar, running in a traffic lane; was okay on Sunday but must be hell in rush hour. Plus having to cross a lane of traffic to get on/off. (US streetcar-like things IME tend to be more approaching light rail, with secure right of way and passenger platforms -- still get stopped by red lights, though.) Still, nice way to see a good chunk of the city.
Masking was good, and like half the seats are marked "don't sit here" for distancing. There was a token/cash fare machine.
Twice someone got on, then got off again before the streetcar moved. ???
Thrice there was honking which I suspected was some driver honking at the streetcar, as if that would accomplish anything. Can't prove it, though.
506 to East Chinatown, walked around, had some bad dumplings from a bakery, better Vietnamese food, back to College station to reload my Presto card, which I'm told cannot take passes. Feh.
TTC pass pricing is high. You need 5 fares to have a day pass make sense, and 49 fares for a monthly pass. I'm used to US prices of 38-39 fares for a monthly pass, meaning anyone who commutes to work 5x a week might as well get a pass and be able to ride as much as they want.
Also the monthly pass is *monthly*, not 28 or 30 days from purchase. So wouldn't make sense for me anyway, coming in the middle of a month. Reminds me of Montreal's weekly pass, which outright starts on a Monday rather than being a 7-day pass.
Toronto is more American than Quebec: there was a camp of homeless tents in Allan Gardens park. Montreal had homeless people but I never encountered such clusters.
Masking was good, and like half the seats are marked "don't sit here" for distancing. There was a token/cash fare machine.
Twice someone got on, then got off again before the streetcar moved. ???
Thrice there was honking which I suspected was some driver honking at the streetcar, as if that would accomplish anything. Can't prove it, though.
506 to East Chinatown, walked around, had some bad dumplings from a bakery, better Vietnamese food, back to College station to reload my Presto card, which I'm told cannot take passes. Feh.
TTC pass pricing is high. You need 5 fares to have a day pass make sense, and 49 fares for a monthly pass. I'm used to US prices of 38-39 fares for a monthly pass, meaning anyone who commutes to work 5x a week might as well get a pass and be able to ride as much as they want.
Also the monthly pass is *monthly*, not 28 or 30 days from purchase. So wouldn't make sense for me anyway, coming in the middle of a month. Reminds me of Montreal's weekly pass, which outright starts on a Monday rather than being a 7-day pass.
Toronto is more American than Quebec: there was a camp of homeless tents in Allan Gardens park. Montreal had homeless people but I never encountered such clusters.