Today I caught a 216 bus, tram 78, 16, 16, 64, bus 219, tram 72 and all I saw using Metcards were a family of tourists, one older man and a pair of, at a guess by their accents and location, English backpackers. All the rest used Myki cards. Is the area I was travelling in? Is it that train travellers aren't using Myki and brings the statistics down?
All very puzzling to me. Surely there wouldn't be a vested interest in having a falsely low usage figure would there?
As an aside, all machines worked fine, except for one slow reader on a bus. Boarding and alighting points in red. Should I become a graphic artist? My sketch is clear to me, but if you like, St Kilda Road, Commercial Road pause, get haircut, Chapel Street pause, get fresh coffee, Carlisle Street/Esplanade pause, take important photo, Fitzroy Street, change tram at Junction, Queensway/Dandenong Road pause, look for new pot plant for balcony, Williams Road, Malvern Road pause, get a couple of bits at the shops, Commercial Road, St Kilda Road.
You lost me after "Damn statistics".
ReplyDeleteIf you convert it all into chains and roods I might get the gist :P
lol@ Jayne.
ReplyDeleteWhat the stats lack, amongst alot of things, is to take into account fare evasion. I have jumped on trams near my place of work, and have watched as people get on and off the tram without touching on or off with a card.. or inserting one..
I have a mykey. I do not use the system as much as others, but I have not had a problem touching on or off with my card as yet.
Love the diagram :) Reminds me of the road map I used to have to draw up every time a friend wanted to visit me as a kid. Our area was not mapped until recently, and the roads are still only made of gravel.. but I would have to draw it just like that.. only HR was MY PLACE and I would have to draw the roads with black texta where it was bitumen and grey where it was gravel.. haha
Interesting, because I take the 57 and 59 trams very regularly and can count on one hand how many myki cards I've seen used.
ReplyDeleteBugger the diagram and the Mikey useage, I still can't get over the fact you require seven transport journeys to get your chores completed.
ReplyDeleteMove to Sydney and get it all done by car!
Chain = 22 feet Jayne. How old am I!
ReplyDeleteCazzie, they possibly have a valid ticket. I have seen the same and then checkers get on and everyone has a valid ticket. Love your map description.
Kath, I suspected something like that but I can't fathom why.
Victor, by the time I parked each time, it would have taken longer and my temper at my fellow motorists would have been rising.
when people notice that I get on and off a tram without swiping, it's because my Vline ticket allows me to travel on from SoCross.
ReplyDeleteMy Myki gets a workout though.
Oh ... you Melbourne peeps ...
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ReplyDeleteMondrian I must say
Works ok for you then Emstacks.
ReplyDeleteI shan't mention T Card then will I Julie.
Ian, I had to check. I did not know his name but I have seen his work. I like it, but he wasn't one of those homosexual types was he?
I don't think so , he just did lots of grid paintings
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