01 January 2020
Tracking all the times I used transit continued in 2019 even as I moved to Montreal where the transit card makes it harder than in Toronto. A tradition since 2014 continues. For STM rides I counted “unofficial” transfers as two rides. I took 194 rides in 2019. My rides were paid for using: Presto (115) and OPUS (79).
| Agency |
Fare Media |
Total Rides |
Total Cost ($) |
| OC Transpo |
Presto |
1 |
3.55 |
| STM |
OPUS |
79 |
222.00 |
| TTC |
Presto |
112 |
297.00 |
| UPX |
Presto |
2 |
18.50 |
I made good use of the STM on weekends with weekend passes with my highest riding on Fridays and Saturdays. On the TTC it was mostly on weekends as well since I was in Toronto for the first months of the year. I continue to walk to/from work every day when I’m at my regular office so do not use transit most weekdays. Total rides each month show when I moved to Montreal and started walking everywhere to explore the city. December jumps up because I went to Toronto for several days and took advantage of transit.
Year over year
Weekday riding is generally low, except for 2017 when I was seconded to the airport for the summer, but in January and February 2019, I was using transit quite a bit during the week to visit friends. I stopped going to axe throwing league on Sundays from September 2018 so no longer have higher riding on that day.
| Agency |
Year |
Cost ($) |
Rides |
Cost_Per_Ride |
Work_Rides |
| GO |
2018 |
20.60 |
2 |
10.30 |
0 |
| MiWay |
2018 |
15.00 |
5 |
3.00 |
5 |
| OC Transpo |
2019 |
3.55 |
1 |
3.55 |
0 |
| STM |
2019 |
222.00 |
79 |
2.81 |
10 |
| TTC |
2014 |
380.00 |
206 |
1.84 |
3 |
| TTC |
2015 |
369.00 |
175 |
2.11 |
3 |
| TTC |
2016 |
350.00 |
161 |
2.17 |
2 |
| TTC |
2017 |
696.00 |
261 |
2.67 |
100 |
| TTC |
2018 |
628.00 |
234 |
2.69 |
31 |
| TTC |
2019 |
297.00 |
112 |
2.65 |
5 |
| UPX |
2018 |
56.30 |
7 |
8.04 |
7 |
| UPX |
2019 |
18.50 |
2 |
9.25 |
1 |
Moving to Montreal meant that my few work rides became more expensive because the minimum fare to the airport is a day pass at $10 (vs. a regular fare at $3.10 on the TTC). I kept the data from other transit agencies this year, and added to previous years where I had the data from my Presto downloads.