Re: Metcard statistics. Does it even happen?

[Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Hi,

Why can't the ticket vending machine provide that information? It's
supposed to be able to. 

The other thing of course is, that the person doing the roving survey
does not ask what your destination is. However I do believe that the form
that you can fill out and post in MAY require this information, but DONT
quote me on it and assume that it does. 

In the end, the whole point is, that people do not want to be treated like 
guinea pigs. People want to get from point A to point B with the least 
inconvenience. Spoonfeeding them with this validation crap denies them of 
this right. The truth of the matter is, no matter how you see it David, 
validation is inconvenient for MOST people, but maybe just not you.

You are only pushing the validation rule because the government say so. 
This is the same government that stripped us of many of our country rail 
services in 1993, this is the same government that cut us down to a summer 
timetable at that period, this is the same government that postponed the 
order of more new trains for Melbourne because we aparently didn't need 
them, this is also the same government that removed our guards and 
conductors (OK, i admit DOO isn't so bad for suburban working, we have 
still had no incidents yet, since it was introduced in 1993 - NSW, you 
should listen to this one), and finally, this is the same government that 
spat the dummy and said "Thats it, just because of this, you are being 
privatised now no questions asked" when our public transport workers went 
on strike on Grand Prix day. Having said this, do you support: less 
transport services in Melbourne, no new trains for Melbourne, having to 
catch a bus to Mildura instead of a train, and anything else I may have 
mentioned? Unfortunately for you, automated ticketing was tarred with the 
same brush, and that is what sickens me about it mostly.

Regards
Michael


WhaleOilBeefHooked said in message <7toeut$d7t$1@news1.mpx.com.au>, I
therefore quote: 

>
>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.