Transit riders throughout massive elements of the Greater Toronto Area can use debit playing cards to pay their fare beginning at the moment, because the Ontario authorities seems to be to develop the cost choice to Toronto within the coming months.
The Ontario authorities says the PRESTO system now accepts debit card faucets on GO Transit, together with a number of municipal transit businesses, together with in Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton, Burlington, Oakville, York Region and Durham Region.
The authorities says because it launched credit score cost choices in August 2022, PRESTO has reported one million card faucets.
The province says it’s working with the Toronto Transit Commission to introduce each credit score and debit cost choices this summer time.
Paratransit riders in Burlington, Durham Region, Hamilton, York Region, Oakville and Ottawa can even now use each credit score and debit cost.
The authorities says PRESTO has about 4.7 million energetic customers.
