Re: Metcard statistics. Does it even happen?

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Daniel Bowen <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> wrote in message
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> > Because people do not validate, hence the statistics produced bt MetCard
> are
> > useless.
>
> It wouldn't matter if 100% of people validated. The system cannot tell
where
> you leave the system if it's not at a station where you need to use your
> ticket to go through an exit gate. They have no way of knowing which or
> whose trains you've travelled on.

True - but that will apply no matter what system you use - Sydney Buses get
some pretty good statistics on theirs - things like, number of concession
pre-paid tickets, where they board, times they board - all stuff that is
useful.

There are other statistics that they can garner *if* people validate. They
are not doing this, so *any* statistics are useless.

DaveP