acy ▁policies . ▁ ▁The ▁roll out ▁of ▁the ▁fare ▁system ▁and ▁accomp any ing ▁replacement ▁fare ▁gates ▁on ▁the ▁T TC ' s ▁sub way ▁network ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁poor ▁reli ability ▁and ▁issues ▁with ▁processing ▁transactions . ▁Pr esto ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁use ▁its ▁existing ▁software ▁back - end ▁for ▁other ▁municipal ▁trans it ▁partners ▁that ▁have ▁completed ▁the ▁roll - out , ▁as ▁the ▁T TC ▁has ▁yet ▁to ▁develop ▁its ▁own ▁dedicated ▁infrastr ucture ▁to ▁process ▁the ▁larger ▁volume ▁of ▁transactions ▁it ▁typically ▁handles . ▁The ▁new ▁fare ▁gates ▁suffered ▁from ▁persistent ▁mechanical ▁and ▁software ▁problems , ▁prompt ing ▁the ▁T TC ▁to ▁susp end ▁the ▁roll out ▁for ▁a ▁month ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁the ▁contract or , ▁Sche id t ▁& ▁Bach mann , ▁to ▁resolve ▁reli ability ▁issues . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁over ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁mot ors ▁on ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁gates ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁replaced ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁numerous ▁hardware ▁and ▁software ▁updates . ▁The ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁dead line ▁for ▁the ▁complete ▁roll - out ▁of ▁Pr esto ▁for ▁the ▁T TC ▁will ▁be ▁further ▁pushed ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁due ▁to ▁these ▁on going ▁issues , ▁prompt ing ▁a ▁delay ▁in ▁the ▁ph asing ▁out ▁of ▁c ash ▁far es , ▁tokens ▁and ▁other ▁legacy ▁fare ▁media . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁T TC ▁will ▁face ▁higher ▁fare ▁collection ▁costs ▁as ▁it ▁inc urs ▁" trans itional ▁costs