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Trains
‘Fixes’ for Myki queues at suburban stations
April 23rd, 2012 2 Comments
The other month I wrote about the queues forming at Melbourne’s City Loop railway stations caused by the increased use of Myki: so what happens to these commuters when they return home at the end of the day? ‘Stuck in more queues’ is the unfortunate answer.
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Educating the cattle: Myki touch on and off
April 17th, 2012 2 Comments
I’ve posted about the issues with Myki a few times over the past month: first off was congestion at City Loop stations in peak hour, and yesterday I mentioned the lack of account information the system gives to commuters. So what have the head honchos at Myki been doing in that time?
Touch on feedback from Myki, or lack thereof
April 16th, 2012 7 Comments
The woes of Melbourne’s new Myki ticketing system have been in the newspaper for months – the latest round has been congestion at the City Loop railway stations, and the lack of feedback to users when touching on or off at stations. You can experience it for yourself quite easily: just present your Myki to a ‘Frankenbarrier’ to begin your trip down the rabbit hole of incompetence.
Taking the Mickey with Myki
April 1st, 2012 No Comments
For the people of Melbourne the rollout of the new Myki ticketing system has been a bit of a Mickey Mouse process – it looks like someone inside the organisation thinks the same thing, if the new concession Myki design is anything to go by…
Chronic commuter congestion fills Flagstaff
March 21st, 2012 7 Comments
Passenger congestion at Melbourne’s railway stations isn’t a new thing, but the intensity of it is – since 2004/05 patronage growth has trended upwards, with 227.1 million passengers carried on Melbourne rail network in the 12 months ending September 2011. So where do all of these people end up once they wiggle their way out of packed trains? Stuck in lines to exit the station, that’s where!
