50c fares: Qld’s public transport fees slashed, no matter how far you travel.
Public transport fares will be slashed to an unbelievably low price, no matter how far you travel, under a major pre-election trial aimed at easing gridlock and easing cost-of-living pressures.
Update 01/06/2024:
Steven Miles announced Airtrain fares will be slashed by 50% for six months from the same date. Now permanent. See updates below.
Mod: Add started date, end date, linked to public source.
Update 30-Nov-2024
The Crisafulli Government Makes 50 Cent Public Transport Fares Permanent
- The Crisafulli Government is making 50 cent public transport fares permanent on all Translink networks across Queensland.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads will now make the LNP’s 50 cent fares permanent on all Translink public transport networks in Queensland.
Queenslanders will now permanently continue to travel on South East Queensland (SEQ) bus, train, tram and ferry services, as well as Translink urban bus networks across the state, for a flat 50 cent fare.
No.. you really can't lmao. Even if you mean bidirectional counters (of which you'd still need to differentiate between entering and exiting) it tells you nothing about the network. I get you don't realise but a lot of data is about making links - your data is collected from origin to destination across all modes.
Fares only recoup about 20-25% of the cost already, so fair enough they're wanting to make something back. Also the small fee will make more tap on and hence, better data. They're also able to link this to full fare comparisons.
The ticket system gets leased out on a contract spanning years and after the initial setup there's comparatively low maintenance costs - the ticket inspectors and technicians are providing jobs to the society, and unemployment is far more costly to the economy.
.. It's tapping a card? I also have to tap a card if I want to buy something, or even enter my workplace.
Maybe you should get one of Musk's brain chips because there's clearly a lot of space inside your head to fit it.