Re: Met Automated Ticketing

Mike Alexander (malex@bigfoot.com)
16 Feb 1998 14:52:26 GMT

> > Other readers have pointed out the folly of having all barriers
> bidirectional.
>
> I noticed today (13/2) that the Flinders St. concourse barriers are now
set
> to half for inbound, and half for outbound. It seems to work much better
as
> a result (surprise!) The barriers at Melbourne Central were still all set
> to bi-directional.

And yesterday (15/2) they were back to the stupid bi-directional mode at
Flinders St., with all the attendant confusion.

<CONSPIRACY>
Is it a coincidence that there was a report on ABC news on 13/2 (which was
filmed at the Flinders St. barriers) that they switched the operation to a
better mode just for that day?
</CONSPIRACY>

Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)