Originally Posted by
simong
We can all afford it though right
This zoning is a least a step in the right directions towards implementing a proper electronic ticketing system.. Although I still have no confidence in this..
I immediately equated the cheaper (for most people in the heartland electorates) tickets as an outright bribe for the next election.
Electronic ticketing (especially if you mean integrated ticketing across all modes & ownership of public transport) seems to be put in the too-hard basket.
The integrated ticketing
should make things easier for visitors to Sydney, tourists and most locals who will do well to buy quarterly tickets for decent savings.
FYI aside from
the top story in today's SMH on the future of public transport, their 'commentator' Miranda Devine's column is an interesting read.
Could we see yet another internal fail from the opposition, in time for the election?
Small targets and no bold vision [SMH]
...But what is fair to say about the NSW Liberals is that the ill-discipline of the Hawke-Clarke row indicates premature hubris has set in, with some party apparatchiks banking so much on winning office they're said already to be making plans for dividing the spoils of government.
Liberal ...MPs talk about "when", not "if", they win the 2011 election, and the emphasis is on not making mistakes rather than inspiring the masses with a clear vision of what they stand for.
Out of the jaws of victory, some people can always seize defeat. It's been the modus operandi of the NSW Liberal Party for a while.
(Though how many Lib voters really bother with SMH?
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