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Originally Posted by GirlySports

This seems like more work than it should be, having to account for events and adding floaters.

Just run 3-cars on weekends all the time and make fares half price. If fares were half price, I'd take the train with my family to BMO Center instead of driving and paying for parking.

You want to make your trains full all the time. The fuller the trains, the less disorder on them.

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

In Edmonton, a day pass covers a whole family, and lasts for the whole weekend. Why not do that here? $11 (or whatever it is) and the whole family can ride the train together for the whole weekend. Going to the zoo by train makes a lot more sense when you buy that one pass, and it covers everyone for both the ride there and the ride back, and also any other riding you do on the weekend.

Whereas in Calgary, to ride to the zoo, you need to buy everyone fares for the way there, and everyone fares for the way back. So people end up driving, becasue transit fare would be $25 or more.

EDIT:

It appears the Edmonton is phasing that out.

Originally Posted by Wormius

Calgary has a weekend family day pass. It just doesn’t show up in the MyFare app until Sat/Sun.

Wormius beat me to it. CT has a weekend family pass, $17 and valid for the day.