Re: Melbourne's Automated Ticketing

[dbowen@custard.net.#SPAMTRAP#.au (Daniel Bowen)]

atubbs@ozramp.net.au (Anthony Tubbs) wrote:
>Will people stop moaning about the automated ticketing system now
>being introduced on the public transport system. If you went to Europe
>and wanted to use to trams in Warsaw you would be confronted with a
>ticket machine and the instructions aren't in english. What would you
>do?  At least here the instructions for use are well set out in
>english. The ticketing system is here to stay so you better get use to
>it.

Why would anybody expect instructions in Warsaw be in anything other that
Polish?

As it happens, I'm all for ATMs in Melbourne. But it seems that along the way,
they've just missed out on making it "ideal". Since they've done some silly
things (like no Daily tickets available on trams) I think you can expect people
to moan a bit.


Daniel
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