27 January 2021
Tracking all the times I used transit continued in 2020 but was significantly curtailed because of Covid-19. The tradition since 2014 continues. For STM rides I counted “unofficial” transfers as two rides. I took 12 rides in 2020. My rides were paid for using: Cash (2), Presto (2) and OPUS (8).
Agency |
Fare Media |
Total Rides |
Total Cost ($) |
MBTA |
Cash |
2 |
3.20 |
STM |
OPUS |
8 |
21.60 |
TTC |
Presto |
2 |
3.10 |
The Monday trips were on a long weekend trip to Boston in the before times to ride the subway to Cambridge and hope on the Green Line. Thursdays were the day I had on-site workshops which is where all the STM rides on that day come from. Thursday also happens to be a day I was in Toronto and hopped on the streetcar to enjoy a dinner at Wvrst. My Saturday rides were probably all trips to or from Jean-Talon Market.

After my trip to Toronto at the start of March, I hardly went anywhere else that I couldn’t walk to. I was even walking to Costco nearby.

Year over year
Weekday riding is generally low, except for 2017 when I was seconded to the airport for the summer, but in January and February 2019, I was using transit quite a bit during the week to visit friends. I stopped going to axe throwing league on Sundays from September 2018 so no longer have higher riding on that day.

The pandemic meant that I used about 10% of the transit in Montreal last year compared to the year before. I did manage to collect one new transit agency last year.
Agency |
Year |
Cost |
Rides |
Work Rides |
GO |
2018 |
20.62 |
2 |
0 |
MBTA |
2020 |
3.20 |
2 |
0 |
MiWay |
2018 |
15.00 |
5 |
5 |
OC Transpo |
2019 |
3.55 |
1 |
0 |
STM |
2019 |
221.60 |
79 |
10 |
STM |
2020 |
21.60 |
8 |
5 |
TTC |
2014 |
379.70 |
206 |
3 |
TTC |
2015 |
369.30 |
175 |
3 |
TTC |
2016 |
349.68 |
161 |
2 |
TTC |
2017 |
695.92 |
261 |
100 |
TTC |
2018 |
628.50 |
234 |
31 |
TTC |
2019 |
297.20 |
112 |
5 |
TTC |
2020 |
3.10 |
2 |
0 |
UPX |
2018 |
56.29 |
7 |
7 |
UPX |
2019 |
18.50 |
2 |
1 |
24 January 2021
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