MyWay rollout starts Monday - One card to rule them all?

What was wrong with the old system again?
Didn’t they just change the tickets as well? Instead of a thin strip most of the buses print out what looks like a docket that “acts” like a transfer card as well.
So, 8 mil on an upgrade that we didn’t need, with a phased rollout that should have the project manager’s(or managers) qualification revoked.

As far as I can tell, it’s a good way to cut bus routes or reallocate from low usage to high usage areas/routes and “track” people as you register your card.

You get better value from a monthly card.

Very Busy said :

It’s been like that since last Wednesday. Coincidently only a couple of days since school came back on deck. Still not enough drivers?

No, TAMS have recently implemented a new network which requires more buses than ACTION have in their fleet – not driver shortage, it’s bus shortage.

Really! Wow, ACT government incompetence falls to new depths.

I wonder in which universe the number of buses to perform a timetable is not an upper limit in the network/timetable design. Obviously the answer is the one in which TAMS transport planners live.

Although I suppose they could go and lease some spare buses from another operator, and contract out the services ACTION can’t supply to another operator.

Very Busy said :

No, TAMS have recently implemented a new network which requires more buses than ACTION have in their fleet – not driver shortage, it’s bus shortage.

Yet seven of the Renault buses are currently up for sale by tender, and sixteen brand new MAN & Scania buses are in Woden Depot awaiting fitout and commissioning.

Mr Evil said :

So MyWay is the bus ticket equivalent of the GDE and the Hume Hilton?

Announced as being ready with much fanfare – when the reality is very much different.

“ACT Labor – we’re taking the ACT population for a ride”.

Spot on, but this time I can’t work out why!!!!…..the election is still a long way off.

Holditz said :

It’s been like that since last Wednesday. Coincidently only a couple of days since school came back on deck. Still not enough drivers?

No, TAMS have recently implemented a new network which requires more buses than ACTION have in their fleet – not driver shortage, it’s bus shortage.

So MyWay is the bus ticket equivalent of the GDE and the Hume Hilton?

Announced as being ready with much fanfare – when the reality is very much different.

“ACT Labor – we’re taking the ACT population for a ride”.

MyWay is Ngunnawal for myki

omg forgot to add…

PS: in protest to this obvious favouritism of Boomers, join me in an act of civil disobedience by delivering a stirring rendition of Frank Sinatra’s classic “My Way” the first time you use the new ticket.

And if you hear anyone bursting into said song, support them by joining in!

Yeah great, let’s align the bus ticket with the Seniors’ card. Wouldn’t we get better coverage by aligning with a drivers’ license or school ID card?

I seem to recall an ACTION rep saying recently that the business case for MyWay was making passengers board faster and gaining on-off data.

The first is very pertinent to peak times – people commuting to work. Aging bints typically hit the buses after that delightful Larry Emdur finishes his morning show.

The second – it’s a sad situation, but I’m pretty sure seniors ride the buses just as something to do. They get off where they got on.

So can someone enlighten me as to why we’re aligning MyWay and the Senior Card?

p1 said :

I can see plenty of opportunity to combine cards. Medicare, concession card, drivers licence, library card, etc. I shall call it the “Australia Card”.

LOL . . that’s what I thought.

Gungahlin Al said :

.Four buses passed our Flemington Road stop this morning without stopping because they were already packed to the door. As a result, an hour & 15 minutes from Harrison to Civic??

It’s been like that since last Wednesday. Coincidently only a couple of days since school came back on deck. Still not enough drivers? Also, there’s been long lines waiting at the Civic-bound 300 stop at Woden Interchange around 7:19-7:25, and queuing has become the rule, rather than the exception, and the 314 comes late.

sblake said :

one of our older residents you have no hope at all.

I really hope that seniors adopt this card, but I don’t hold much hope. Many elderly people (who don’t have the Senior Card, and free bus travel) would rather buy a cash fare rather than invest in a 10 ride, weekly or monthly card, even though it would save them money. It’s easier to do and less fiddly.