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

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

My programming is limited to very basic Perl, and even less, VBasic. As for 
HTML, well quite good :)

Regards
Michael



Johann Fan said on 29-Sep-1999 in <7ssj7j$mth$1@news1.mpx.com.au>:

>damn C programmers =)
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>cheers
>Johann
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>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"
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>> Regards
>> Michael
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>> 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
>> >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.
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