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

["Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>]

damn C programmers =)

cheers
Johann

Michael <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
8E50B5258telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net">news:8E50B5258telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net...
> 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>:
>
> >
> >Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
> >8E5017813telstraNews@news.mel.ihug.com.au">news:8E5017813telstraNews@news.mel.ihug.com.au...
> >> 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]
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Money.
> >>
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >