Right now, credit and debit cards are only accepted for weekly or monthly passes. Under the new rules, riders will be able to purchase day passes and tokens in quantities higher than four with a Mastercard, Visa, American Express, or Interac card.
Cash, token, or Presto (downtown only) will remain the only way of paying a single fare.
There were concerns when the TTC first installed credit and debit card machines in 2013 that opening up all fares to electronic payments would lead to long queues at the fare box.
Mayor John Tory and TTC CEO Andy Byford are expected to officially announce the changes later this morning.
What do you think? Is this a step in the right direction for the TTC?
Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.
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