Re: Metcard statistics. Does it even happen?

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

    At Essendon the gate in the metcard validating machine is always open. You
hardly ever see anyone validating their metcards here. To the average public
transport user, whats the point of validating the metcards. Once it's initially
validated (either by a metcard machine on the buses or trams or by a station
validating machine) the ticket inspectors can't tell if you have validated it or
not.

WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote:

> Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
> 8E5A82296telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net">news:8E5A82296telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Late this week, I travelled on my usual train to work (one hour earlier
> > these days but) and was confronted by a young man with a folder and a
> > palmtop PC. That's right, a ticket surveyer.
> >
> > For a bit of background, these people were originally hired by the
> > government (who for those who don't know, used to run our railways here in
> > Vic many moons ago) to gather statistics for the paper ticketing system.
> > i.e. what ticket someone bought, to go where, etc...
> >
> > We are now 99% over to a ticketing system that is supposed to be better,
> > wash the cat, feed the dishes and <shock>gather statistics</shock>. If the
> > ticketing system really does gather statistics, why do they bother sending
> > people out, more recently with palm top computers to key in details?
>
> Because people do not validate, hence the statistics produced bt MetCard are
> useless.
>
> > I think the perpretrators of this evil ticketing system have reached an
> all
> > time low, in my opinion. Why else would they hire these people if the
> > machines could gather the required statistics as claimed?
>
> They probably can - but what use are statistics when all those people do not
> validate their tickets as they are supposed to?
>
> >It's not like
> > people don't validate *AT TRAIN STATIONS*. At Glenroy *TRAIN STATION* on
> an
> > average morning I see approximately 75% of people validate.
>
> They didn't at Elsternwick *TRAIN STATION* when I was there - on one
> morning, I saw 5 people ahead of me walk straight down the ramp without
> validating.
>
> DaveP



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