So far, more than .35 billion has been spent on the development of myki, paid to a consortium of private companies. Compare this to the 0 million per year (adjusted for inflation) spent on public transport before privatisation! For more than a decade, fares have been increased well above inflation, often on the recommendation of private operators. These same operators have shown themselves incapable of running the system efficiently. Overall, privatisation has cost the public over billion more than public ownership. While most people are concerned about the impact of car pollution on air quality and climate change, most Melburnians travel by car, in part because public services are inadequate and poorly integrated. In order to get more people using public transport, improvement and expansion of the system is necessary. However, myki means passengers have fewer opportunities to purchase tickets, and the new vending machines cause notoriously long lines. On top of this, the myki system is designed to shift the burden of ticket management onto passengers. Rather than purchasing a fare for their travel zones in advance, passengers are required to 'prove' they haven't travelled in both zones by touching off at the end of each journey. This causes particular problems on crowded buses. If a passenger has a monthly or weekly pass, they still need to touch on and off to ensure that train station barriers work correctly. Myki readers at smaller stations often go offline for ...
Tags: Protest (Quotation Subject), May 25 (Day Of Year), Rally, public, transport, free, fightback, #omel SCRAP MYKI - MAKE PT FREE! (Protest rally May 25) 1/6 Video Clips. Duration : 4.05 Mins.
So far, more than .35 billion has been spent on the development of myki, paid to a consortium of private companies. Compare this to the 0 million per year (adjusted for inflation) spent on public transport before privatisation! For more than a decade, fares have been increased well above inflation, often on the recommendation of private operators. These same operators have shown themselves incapable of running the system efficiently. Overall, privatisation has cost the public over billion more than public ownership. While most people are concerned about the impact of car pollution on air quality and climate change, most Melburnians travel by car, in part because public services are inadequate and poorly integrated. In order to get more people using public transport, improvement and expansion of the system is necessary. However, myki means passengers have fewer opportunities to purchase tickets, and the new vending machines cause notoriously long lines. On top of this, the myki system is designed to shift the burden of ticket management onto passengers. Rather than purchasing a fare for their travel zones in advance, passengers are required to 'prove' they haven't travelled in both zones by touching off at the end of each journey. This causes particular problems on crowded buses. If a passenger has a monthly or weekly pass, they still need to touch on and off to ensure that train station barriers work correctly. Myki readers at smaller stations often go offline for ...
Tags: Protest (Quotation Subject), May 25 (Day Of Year), Rally, public, transport, free, fightback, #omel
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