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Tracking all the times I used transit continued in 2018. A tradition since 2014. This does not include my transit use on non-TTC systems. I took 234 rides in 2018. The only time I used tokens this year was to attend meetings at the airport.
Two-hour transfers were introduced partway through the year so I’ve counted a “ride” whenever I would be charged if I tapped my Presto card or deposited a token before two-hour transfers.
| Media | Total Rides | Total Cost ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Day Pass (shared) | 4 | 0.00 |
| Free | 2 | 0.00 |
| Presto | 226 | 626.00 |
| Token | 2 | 6.00 |
My rides were paid for using: Day Passes (4), Tokens (2), Presto (226), and other (2).
Highest TTC use was on Sundays when I was going to axe throwing league for most of the year. I walk to/from work every day when I’m at my regular office so do not use the TTC most weekdays. Total rides each month show when I branched out for walks further away.
monthly17 <- data17 %>%
group_by(month) %>%
summarize(TotRides = sum(rides),
TotCost = round(sum(cost),2))
p <- ggplot(monthly17, aes(month, TotRides)) +
geom_bar(stat = "identity") +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "1 month",
date_labels = "%b") +
labs(title = "Rides By Month 2017",
x = "Month", y ="Total Rides")
Splitting day of week usage out by month for the past five years highlights the low weekday pattern in my transit use, except for 2017 when I was seconded to the airport for the summer. Higher Sunday use in 2018 for the first 8 months of the year is visible.
annual_summary <- data_tot %>%
group_by(as.factor(years)) %>%
summarize(Cost = round(sum(cost),2),
Rides = sum(rides),
Cost_Per_Ride = round(Cost / Rides, 2),
Work_Rides = sum((str_count(note, "GTAA"))* rides))
names(annual_summary)[1] = "Year"
| Year | Cost ($) | Rides | Cost/Ride | Work Rides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 380.00 | 206 | 1.84 | 3 |
| 2015 | 369.00 | 175 | 2.11 | 3 |
| 2016 | 350.00 | 161 | 2.17 | 2 |
| 2017 | 696.00 | 261 | 2.67 | 100 |
| 2018 | 628.00 | 234 | 2.69 | 31 |
With Presto being the default for basically all my riding, the average cost of my rides is going up. I used the TTC for more personal riding than I have since 2014. I continue to have meetings at the airport so my work riding is still higher than it used to be before 2017.
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