Re: [VIC] Revenue protection [WAS [Melbourne] W-class trams]

[Morphet <morphet@optusnet.com.au>]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 02:30:13 GMT, "Daniel Bowen"
<dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote:


>> That could keep them busy for a while.......   :-)
>
>In a literal sense, perhaps. But this kind of behaviour effectively f***s
>it - most non-captive customers who are on the vehicle at the time will
>observe this and if they possibly can, use their cars the next time. These
>are precisely the people the transport companies should be trying to attract
>to their services - less likely to be evading fares, more likely to pay full
>fares than concessions, and less likely to be causing wear and tear on
>vehicles!


But they don't want new passengers!   Do you remember when the PT when
private and the new companies were saying that they wanted to impove
passenger numbers by 80% over the term of their contracts.

They did not mention that they were already using their trams/trains
100% during peak hour so did not have any space left to fit more
passengers on (ever tried catching a 96 during peak?) or mention that
their new rolling stock was going to replace existing stock but not
increase the amount of trains/trams they had.

The only time they have spare space is off-peak, and they will never
increase passenger numbers by 80% during this time no matter what
color they paint their trams or change the train station signs....