tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661785606576065219.post2763965092389266195..comments2024-01-22T21:55:02.518+11:00Comments on WSPTU: PRE-PAY BUSES LEAVE CASUAL USERS IN LIMBOWSPTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230023737086286692noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661785606576065219.post-80392593799802896632009-05-18T10:49:00.000+10:002009-05-18T10:49:00.000+10:00Thanks for your contributions on this topic - it's...Thanks for your contributions on this topic - it's interesting to see how the same change has effected people differently. <br /><br />It's a terrific goal to try and improve the efficiency of buses because that will increase ridership and satisfaction, and the pre-pay ticketing is an attempt to do that, but it is really important that we make sure that, when we make a change, we bring everyone along with the changes. <br /><br />It's not really good enough to just assume some people will not cope with the change and just leave them out. It is a new experience for people to buy their bus tickets in a shop and it will take some time for people to learn how to do it and where the shops are that have tickets.<br /><br />If we had an integrated system which was built around a single ticketing and marketing organisation, for all public transport, we would probably do a better job with this. Hopefully that's where we're heading.hughhttp://www.wsptu.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661785606576065219.post-81179962470759792412009-05-14T14:03:00.000+10:002009-05-14T14:03:00.000+10:00I have the EXACTLY opposite reaction to the pre-pa...I have the EXACTLY opposite reaction to the pre-paid system. It has been a relatively pleasurable experience catching a bus since the pre-paid system has been introduced. No long do we have to suffer while some flaky individual feel that buying a ticket on the bus is the most appropriate time to rid themselves of their excess loose change, or to continue chatting to their friends on their mobiles, or to start riffling through their purse/handbags for money. Since the introduction of the pre-paid system, the buses have been arriving noticeably more on-time. <br /><br />Even London has a pre-paid bus ticket system. Everyone seems to cope well, unless we are suggesting that English passengers are intrinsically more intelligent than Australian ones. Part-time bus users should just pull their finger out and get a travel 10 ticket!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661785606576065219.post-4117628227174360122009-04-30T14:07:00.000+10:002009-04-30T14:07:00.000+10:00I am a part time bus user, and I can tell you that...I am a part time bus user, and I can tell you that the pre-paid ticket idea has turned me off using a bus. I would say there are quite a few people who think exactly as I do on this. Pre-paid ticketing is a dumb idea!MisterGoophushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025372392567471202noreply@blogger.com