Posted on March 20, 2008 by Phin
I’ve been sent a couple more links to articles that may be of interest. Firstly, it seems that Oyster Card in London has been hacked, and that similar systems based on the same technology may also be vulnerable. Readers will be heartened to know that Myki (if we ever get it) is not on this [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2007 by Phin
My good friend Matt sent me an opinion piece that appeared in The Age a couple of days back; written by none other than Alan Moran - Director of the “Deregulation Unit” at the right wing Institute of Public Affairs. Moran apparently has a PhD in public transport economics, yet seems to think that [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Phin
With the election on I thought I might have cursory look at some of the transport policies on offer. First up is the greens, who as expected deliver a broadly pro public transport and freight rail policy, and they ought to be congratulated for doing so. There’s probably no point in my ticking the boxes [...]
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