Re: PRIDE 2 & Validation messages (Was: [melb] Announcement heard at Box Hill_

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Chris Gordon" <cmgord@gromit.ecr.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
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> > There's always an open barrier at the stations (At city stations these
are
> > manned), I notice everyone walks thru there, but what's that beep sound
that
> > occurs as you walk past without swiping your ticket in? (Record number
of
> > passengers perhaps?)
>
> No, it is to let the person manning the barrier gate that you are naughty
> and haven't validated a ticket.
>
> At the City Stations all the barriers are shut now, if you have a faulty
> ticket, v/line ticket, paper met ticket (still sold by national bus), then
> they will use their Metcard Xpress (CSE version) to open the gate for you.
>
> > > Announcements telling passengers to validate their Metcards are
getting a
> > > bit tedious at best now. They've printed it on floors, walls, paper,
ads,
> > > competitions, and now the PRIDE 2 system. Surely if people haven't
> > > developed a habit of validating by now, they never will.
> > >
> > > Interesting to note today there are still humans doing head counts at
> > > selected stations in the suburban system. Noted at Kensington this
morning
> > > around 9am. The whole validation concept working at it's best it
seems.
>
> hahaha, that is because the Metcard database was set up in a way for the
> passenger counting and all that, you require two validations, one when
> starting the journey and one when finishing the journey.
>
> It is hard enough to get people to validate once, it is a wonder they ever
> thought they could get people to validate twice. The people the wrote the
> specs for Metcard, I think have never even seen a train, tram or bus, and
> never even caught public transport.
>
Nor had they met a typical Melbournite (rhymes with Luddite).

Ted