Smart (?) Card * Australia - Myki debut a debacle for commuters and drivers
Geelong,VIC,Australia -The Age, by Clay Lucas -March 9, 2009: -- Commuters and bus drivers in Geelong say the first week of operation of Victoria's new myki smartcard has been riddled with problems... Geelong is piloting the new public transport ticket and the city's 167 buses started using myki last Monday... Passengers say trips have been made longer as a result... Buses are stopping for longer as passengers, under the new smartcard system, must touch on and touch off or be charged a higher fare... If a Geelong commuter forgets to touch off — or the myki reader fails to register their smartcard, as some claim is happening — they are charged $3.20 for a daily ticket instead of a $2 two-hour fare... North Geelong resident Joe Cicero said on that one bus trip he had tried to touch off to get the cheapest fare, but the myki reader had failed to register him leaving...Labels: bus cards
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