buizelbus Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 YVR is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 As of 2PM today, New West still had them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buizelbus Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Attendants are telling me they will be refilled on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maege Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 8 hours ago, translink said: As of 2PM today, New West still had them. New West is out as of this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 2, 2017 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 On 18/06/2017 at 9:18 PM, Meraki said: Starting June 21, limited-edition Canada 150 Compass Cards will be available at the following places while supplies last: Ebay is listing them now for upwards of $50-$70 according to the vancouver sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buizelbus Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 5 hours ago, Express691 said: Ebay is listing them now for upwards of $50-$70 according to the vancouver sun Craigslist has some for $30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium2002 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 IIRC isn't it illegal to be reselling Compass cards like this? Hopefully the police can track down and deactivate these cards, especially when most TVMs are covered in surveillance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraki Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 I don't see why it would be? Generic Compass Cards are transferable as per the terms and conditions of use. It's only Program Cards like UPass that aren't transferrable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDOOM Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 On 2017-07-02 at 11:41 PM, Meraki said: I don't see why it would be? Generic Compass Cards are transferable as per the terms and conditions of use. It's only Program Cards like UPass that aren't transferrable. I'm not sure if it's legal to sell them, though, unless you're a registered FareDealer. And even then, I don't think it's legal to sell them for more than face value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 I cannot think of any reason that non-personalized fare media couldn't be transferred. And what can be transferred can be sold. And there's, for the most part, no laws on pricing things for sale in Canada (notwithstanding frauds, price fixing and such). It's a free market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/about_translink/governance_and_board/board_minutes_and_reports/2017/Dec/20171214_open_board_meeting_report.pdf Sorting these notes out into the different threads: 1) RFID Compass cards for the disabled gets a soft launch in late 2018 (Page 25) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 https://www.translink.ca/Fares-and-Passes/Tap-to-Pay.aspx Credit card payment to rollout in Spring this year Someone reported seeing "Tap The Card, Not The Wallet" stickers on a few VTC buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Cat Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 51 minutes ago, Express691 said: https://www.translink.ca/Fares-and-Passes/Tap-to-Pay.aspx Credit card payment to rollout in Spring this year Someone reported seeing "Tap The Card, Not The Wallet" stickers on a few VTC buses. Finally! Not only will it be awesome to have credit card/phone functionality, but this change should also explain the apparent crappiness of the readers' card detection--it's not getting stuck for no reason, it's getting stuck in order to avoid charging you twice on two different forms of payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatBusGuy Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Express691 said: Someone reported seeing "Tap The Card, Not The Wallet" stickers on a few VTC buses. I saw a bunch on various BTC Novas yesterday evening, and this morning I noticed one on R9237 as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKeyo Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 There have been a lot of tweets, and a post on the buzzer blog, about it today. I've seen a number of ads around too. I'm expecting a period of people fumbling with cards at fare gates even more than usual, once this starts. It seems awkwardly thought out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Translink69 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 On 09/03/2018 at 12:55 PM, ThatBusGuy said: I saw a bunch on various BTC Novas yesterday evening, and this morning I noticed one on R9237 as well I saw them on a few PTC XN40s last night. I didn't see one on R8041 though, so I guess the folks at RTC haven' gotten around to it. I' imagine all buses will have them shortly, if not already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Bus Fan Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 57 minutes ago, Translink69 said: I' imagine all buses will have them shortly, if not already I doubt TL will put those stickers on every single bus, seems like a waste of resources and time to slap a sticker on every single compass reader in the fleet. At most I'd assume they'd be on half of the fleet if not 1/4 of the fleet. Just seems very wasteful to have it on every single active bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelkupplung Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Ninja Bus Fan said: I doubt TL will put those stickers on every single bus, seems like a waste of resources and time to slap a sticker on every single compass reader in the fleet. At most I'd assume they'd be on half of the fleet if not 1/4 of the fleet. Just seems very wasteful to have it on every single active bus. Ya never know; TTC dropped 50 large in stickers on every single bus, streetcar and subway carriage they had to let people know they were the best transit system in NA for 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatBusGuy Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Of the buses I took today, 9259, 16113, 7476 and 9265 had the stickers, while 17523 did not. Make of that what you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKeyo Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 The buses I was on today on routes 99, 130, and 239 had them, and I may have seen one at one of the stations. I wasn't really looking. They were on most buses yesterday too, front and back. They seem to be putting some effort into promoting this switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasW97 Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Majority of the vtc units have the stickers, none on the btc arctics' rear doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando737 Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Several HTC buses have them, must have done a sweep last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKeyo Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Translink has been relentlessly using its twitter account, and other media, to promote the 'Don't tap your wallet' ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 https://m.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/plans_and_projects/transit_fare_review/TFR_Ph4_Disccusion_Guide.pdf?la=en&hash=9D032F4F07FB0209739E933FE729FF0786CFF38F Phase 4 of the fare review is out. Here is the draft report. ============= Closest thing we have to a "fare" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraki Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 11 hours ago, Express691 said: https://m.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/plans_and_projects/transit_fare_review/TFR_Ph4_Disccusion_Guide.pdf?la=en&hash=9D032F4F07FB0209739E933FE729FF0786CFF38F Phase 4 of the fare review is out. Here is the draft report. ============= Closest thing we have to a "fare" thread. Phase 5: Recover everybody's hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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