Auckland plans to botch smart card fares project

[somebody]

http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/SiteCollectionDocuments/aboutcouncil/committees/transportcommittee/meetings/transportcomminattintegratedticketing20120307.pdf

They want to have a 50c rebate for connecting trips.  Ouch!  Similarly, monthly passes for rail/bus, different passes for ferries, daily capped fares.

Positive news is that they propose a future integration of the fares which they budget as costing $6m p.a. in lost revenue.

Some blog comments here: http://transportblog.co.nz/2012/03/09/no-integrated-fares-with-hop/

[somebody]

Did Fergus Gammie leaving to Sydney result in the loss of the brains leading to these decisions, or perhaps he thinks in the same way?

[#Metro]

They want to have a 50c rebate for connecting trips.  Ouch!  Similarly, monthly passes for rail/bus, different passes for ferries, daily capped fares.

Positive news is that they propose a future integration of the fares which they budget as costing $6m p.a. in lost revenue.

They must be reading from the "How to make PT crap and a mess" manual.
different passes for ferries? What for? Ah, propellers must command a premium...