15 Nov 2008: SEQ: Go card education and awareness campaign very welcome!

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Media Release 15 November 2008

SEQ:  Go card education and awareness campaign very welcome!

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport commuters has welcomed the announcement today by Transport Minister John Mickel of the Go card education and awareness campaign.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"The Go card is generally very convenient and promises much for the improved efficiency of public transport on the TransLink network if there is a high uptake."

"The go card education and awareness campaign announcement today is every welcome. We have previously suggested that such a campaign is needed (1)."

"There is a learning curve for many new public transport go card users and it is good to see that publicly acknowledged.  There are some issues with Go card equipment and RAIL Back On Track would like to see some refund latitude given to new Go card users if they receive a number of fixed fare charges during their first month or so of use."

"We look forward to further innovative fares being introduced in time for the Go card."

Reference:

1.  http://backontrack.org/mbs/index.php?topic=429.0

Contact:
Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org