Myki smartcard system to roll out on trams and buses

[Peter Mount]

Story here.

I think the following is significant

Public Transport Users Association president Daniel Bowen welcomed the roll-out of myki's next stage.

But he said the Opposition's plans to potentially scrap the system could cause a huge backlash with so much money already spent on the project.

"It has been seven odd months of trains only and people will be relieved the project is nearing completion,'' he said.

"The website was a disaster for the first few months but it is working relatively well now on trains.''

As disastrous as the recent history Myki has been the above quote supports my feeling that Myki has turned a corner. I'm sure they will find more bugs in the system as people use it on trams and buses but I'm sure they will be fixed.

Plus if the Metcard system really wont make it past 2012 then I don't see how a possible Victorian Liberal Government would have time to scrap Myki and replace it with another system. Assuming the 2012 deadline for Metcard is true then I believe Myki is here to stay for it's intended duration.

[Bendog]

As disastrous as the recent history Myki has been the above quote supports my feeling that Myki has turned a corner.

Let us hope it is not an octagon

[myki user]

lets hope it is around the corner and off a cliff..

I'm going to do a separate post about the merits, or not, of canceling the system - as there seems to be a lot of silly statements in the media...