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Myki is for the trains (only)
David Heath
Tuesday, 29 December 2009 08:17
In addition, from 3pm today (in fact it went live at 2:50pm), willing victims (sorry, users) can go online at the Myki website to obtain a registered Myki smartcard. Having just now gone through the process, I can report that registration seems easy, they promise a card by mail within 7 days.
Quoting from Minister Kosky's press release "This is an important first step in a carefully planned rollout of myki in Melbourne," Ms Kosky said. "The system has undergone rigorous testing for the past two months across Melbourne's public transport network.
"I have received advice from the Transport Ticketing Authority board that test data shows that myki is consistently reliable across Melbourne's train network and they have therefore recommended the commencement of myki on the metropolitan rail network.
One is rather puzzled how the testing process, which relied on around 1000 public servants over the past few months, can demonstrate the scale of performance required for the many tens or hundreds of thousands of commuters wishing to use the system each and every day. We eagerly await the first crash (for they were a common occurrence in Brisbane during the early days of their similar system).
Oh, and one other point; according to (the often unreliable) Wikipedia, myki is an Old Norse word meaning cow dung. Why do I think someone is having a lend of us.
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