Re: multimodal ticketing doomed?
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
6 Apr 1998 03:11:18 GMT
Peter Parker (parkerp@pcug.org.au) wrote:
>crookesp@aol.com (Crookesp) wrote:
>>In article <01bd609d$347bc320$ce7438cb@katrinaa>, "Kate & Andrew"
>><Morphet@access.net.au> writes:
>>
>>>Melbourne (if that is what you are refering to?) has the best ticketing
>>>system in the world. Because of the 2hour/Daily system that operates, it
>>>encourages people to use the system more because they have already paid for
>>>it.
>
>Doesn't Melbourne also have zones? So you have separate two hour and
>daily tickets for zone 1, 2, 3, etc - like Perth. Thus this system is
>best described as a hybrid zone/time approach.
Adelaide is the same, too.
There is also the free city circle tram. I would also suggest that a few
inner city free buses would also make life easier for commuters and the
Melbourne City Council.
When I was in Perth in 1982, MTT had four free "clipper" bus routes. Do
they still run?
Cheers
David