Transit Use 2019
01 January 2020Tracking 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.