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Almost every bus system I've lived near has gone over to the "day pass" system, and thus eliminated some economical ways of using the bus. The one in my county just shifted over July 1. Oh, brother.
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Almost every bus system I've lived near has gone over to the "day pass" system, and thus eliminated some economical ways of using the bus. The one in my county just shifted over July 1. Oh, brother. Bad news my friend. We still have them here in Montreal, and the population, including students and seniors, wouldn't allow for their phasing out.
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My community's bus system is called the "Ride On". You go to your local grocery store's customer service counter once a month and purchase a monthly pass which looks like a credit card. When you board the bus you touch the pass to the electronic card reader. It costs $45 for unlimited rides during the month. You have the option to pay cash on a daily basis but that would cost you more if you use it every day. We also have a similar system called the 'OPUS' card, but ours is rechargeable at outlets all over the city and on the web. The card is good for seven years. We also have a bike sharing program called BIXI. You can purchase a yearly pass - a small electronic key - and renew from year to year. The BIXI pass costs about 80.00$ and you can make unlimited use of the bikes for 45 minutes trips as many times as you wish per day. Life is good in Montreal
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And don't trust those automatic card readers to deduct the correct amount off your card. Twice now I've had to request a refund.
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meanwhile in the Uk, adios car tax discs!
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In London you can't use money to pay for a bus ride anymore, it's a pre-paid card only, you touch it in & it deducts the fare. Being over sixty, I get free travel in London which must save me thousands of pounds every year, as London must have the most expensive public transport in the world. Do tourists "over sixty" get free travel, as well?
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its gone mad here. they are also stopping paying by cash at dartford toll bridge. a permanently busy m25 bridge incidentally which they promised would be free after it had paid for itself 10 years ago. till they sold it to the french! i kid you not. it seems anyone crossing it without pre payment card will be fined the usual stupid amount of money.
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