[LINK] Tcard 2.0?

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:21 PM 7/07/2008, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>My understanding of the problem was the variable fares. The article is still
>talking about flag fall and km fee. This is impossible unless the ticket is
>scanned at entry and exit as is the case for train and ferry 
>stations, but not
>buses. Ofcourse it causes delays at ferry and bus stations and isn't 
>feasible on
>buses.

Same requirement as I understand it on the 'someday' replacement 
system for Melbourne/Geelong. I think they are relying on swipe-off 
as well as swipe-on to determine the fair charge. It's going to be 
interesting to see what the grief is once they start real-world 
trials instead of the trumped up pilots they have conducted recently 
on a single transport form. There are going to be some mighty angry 
passengers when they see the errors in their journey charges.

Jan



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