Transit Use 2020

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