CAST - BPTUG Statement: TransLink must make Go Card the best option

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TransLink must make Go Card the best option

Demand a Go Card price cap! Make a submission to TransLink through the Brisbane Public Tranpsort Users Group website here or visit www.ptbrisbane.net and follow the link from the top story

TransLink?s current advertising slogan ?Go Card at least 20% cheaper? is a false guarantee. For some people, making the switch to Go Card will be more expensive.

Compared with a daily ticket, Go Card is more expensive when making more than 2 public transport trips in one day.

Weekly paper ticket holders also get unlimited weekly travel and get far better value for money than if they were to switch to Go Card.

Go Card SHOULD NOT have financial penalties for regular public transport use!

Go Card should always be the best option for regular public transport users, otherwise people won?t use it and we won?t see the benefits of high Go Card usage, such as reduced boarding times on buses.

We demand that the Go Card fare structure be updated to include daily, weekly and monthly price capping to make it better than paper tickets. It should also provide incentive options such as off peak, and early and late peak travel.

All of this is possible with the existing technology.

The Oyster card in London, a similar product to Go Card, has long had a price guarantee that ?Our aim is to ensure that Oyster always charges the lowest fare. Where it doesn't, we will refund the difference.?

The Go Card should provide a similar guarantee.

Demand a Go Card price cap! Make a submission to TransLink through the Brisbane Public Tranpsort Users Group website

www.ptbrisbane.net

The Brisbane Public Transport Users Group is an independent, not-for-profit community initiative lobbying for improved public transport. It is run through Community Action for Sustainable Transport Inc.

22 August 2008