Token, Transfer, Presto! Who painted the lines for the TTC?

felipe • May 15, 2018
TTC pavement lines painting

If you’re in Toronto and someone says “token, transfer, Presto!”, what are they talking about?

The TTC, of course. They’re talking about the streetcars, subways and buses running through Toronto.

The TTC is the holy grail of Canada’s urban transportation systems. Imagine our excitement when we got to draw the lines for that transportation giant!

Picasso would have been jealous — he didn’t get to draw straight lines. But we did!

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