Re: Public transport making money (Was: Re: Metcard Xpress and Plastic Tickets (was: Metcard Machines and Tickets))

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

Oops, should have cleared the last one up "!=" means "not equal to"

Regards
Michael


Lineman said on 29-Sep-1999 in <7ss8jf$5jp$1@perki.connect.com.au>:

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>Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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>> Unfortunately, it is a case of money still. The railways barely churn
>> through enough money to keep going. Therefore it boils down to: a costly
>> experience, or an ugly experience. People tend to go for the ugly
>> experience. [Where ugly != graffiti, rotting food/vomit/urine/faeces ib
>the
>> floor]
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>> Regards
>> Money.
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>Yes it is an Ugly experience,but surely with some money thrown in the 
right
>direction things could change for the better,with out having to adopt the
>Asian style of using the rattan or cane on wrong doers.
>Some of my suggestions follow.
>Employ teams of casual staff(no.2or3)at terminal stations through out the
>metro area to basic-clean trains on arrival during the day.$12p/h x 8 hrs
>=$96 x 3 =$288 per terminal.
>Not a lot of money is it.
>Run education campaign perhaps along the line of Feet on seat= Smack in
>mouth :-)
>Get across to passengers that its in their interests to have clean
>comfortable and safe trains,and that if they are detected abusing that
>interest then they are going to pay.(or their parents will)
>For those of you who say this will never work,think again,it is possible 
to
>change behaviour,it takes time and effort but you can get through to the
>majority e.g drink driving,seat belts,no smoking on public transport,etc.
>going right back to spittoons in the floor of the carriage,and adjusting
>your dress before leaving the Men's toilet.
>After a fair time for travellers to get used to the new deal,hit the ones
>who mess up with a cattle prod ie. force them to work with the basic -
clean
>teams at terminal stations at week ends,I am sure that once they had spent 
a
>week end scraping shit of seats and floors they would have a different 
view
>of what is acceptable behaviour.
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