Comments on: Broken promises from Myki

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By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:10:35 +0000

In reply to Richard.

I’m pretty sure I’ve got one of those older concession card application form sitting around at home – I recall the ‘Myki is coming soon’ message was included for a number of years in a row.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:07:48 +0000

Thanks for the read, Marcus. I fondly remember these promises as well as the difficulty of getting the “right” sized image for my 2007 concession card. The theory was that once you sent the card in with the photo, that photo would be scanned and printed on to your own personalised myki card that you would receive in late 2007 or 2008, which would do away with the need for both a concession card AND a myki:

“By completing the Victorian Public Transport Concession Card Application Form, your myki concession card will automatically arrive in late 2007, with your photo ID and your student pass (if purchased) already on it.

More information about myki will be available throughout 2007, in the meantime check out myki.com.au”

http://web.archive.org/web/20070203140557/http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/fares_tickets/concessions/students

The system has deviated so far from its original flawed, albeit more efficient conception that it’s almost unrecognisable.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:07:12 +0000

In reply to Michael Bell.

I’ve never through of it that way, and when explained in that way, you put forward a good argument. The only gotcha is that new Myki cards are not available everywhere on the public transport network: with trams the only way to buy one it to use one of the few tram stops in the CBD that have a Myki CVM installed, or find a retail outlet to buy one from.

Train stations don’t have the same issue, and apparently a Myki ‘Starter Pack’ can be purchased from bus drivers with $4 of travel credit:
http://www.myki.com.au/Latest-News/Melbournes-public-transport-readies-for-the-end-of-Metcard

By: Michael Bell

Michael Bell — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:33:32 +0000

Marcus, it seems PTV did “jack up the price of short term tickets to cover the extra costs associated with selling them”, AND found a way to make them durable for multiple uses, AND ensured they allow exit through barrier gates. They just did it in a way that may not have been anticipated. The “jack up” price for a short term ticket is $3 for concession, $6 full, and its called a Myki, not a Short Term Ticket.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:56:45 +0000

In reply to Daniel. It's a easy city to forget - the government did the same thing when it came to the Regional Fast Rail project!