Re: (Vic) New Metcard Yearly Ticket

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Mike McBain wrote:
 
> Sam Eades <eadess@yahoo.com> writes:
 
> >The "Metcard Xpress" (proximity card) was extensively tested by onelink,
> >and found to be unreliable and too expensive. It has (AFAIK), been
> >abandoned.
 
> Meanwhile, in Hong Kong the Octopus proximity card is used by 4 million people
> a day, and works just fine. The technology exists but ...?

...it was not invented in Melbourne, therefore we cannot use it.

John McCallum