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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It seems the Auditor General has worked out that Myki is going to cost more than $1 billion, not the already exorbitant $494 million the government had been claimed. I am honestly lost for words - it’s absolutely unbelievable. On top of that, the head of the Transport Ticketing Authority is Victoria’s highest paid public [...]
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There’s been quite a bit in the press about Myki recently - Kenneth Davidson had an article on the weekend about how problems have become apparent at least two Auditor General’s office reports on public transport, including Myki. It’s very interesting indeed.
The Herald Sun (no I don’t read it - I came across the article [...]
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It’s good to see The Age asking whether Myki is money well spent. I wonder, though, why they aren’t looking at opportunity cost. Sure, people will be annoyed the the chief executive of Transport Ticketing Authority (TTA) spent $170 000 on overseas junkets over the past 18 months - but where’s the outrage that Myki’s [...]
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