Re: MetCard Xpress (Was: Plastic versus Paper Magnetic Stripe Tickets)

["David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>]

Iming Chan wrote in message <36CE5BB8.416AF75F@translib.com.au>...

>MetCard Xpress, a plastic version of current paper magnetic strip MetCard,
will
>be available for periodic tickets, such as weekly, monthly, yearly and
student
>passes.  Obviously, the implementation date for such card is not yet
onfirmed.
>Nevertheless, all booking office machines (BOMs), large ticket vending
machines
>(TVM2s), barrier gates and validators have yellow circles which will read
>MetCard Xpress when implemented.

But what about now? People are being affected NOW. If ShittyRail can have a
plastic-coated version of the paper based ticket, issuable through ANY BOM
(Booking Office Machine) then why can't the Met?

DaveP