Stilgherrian » public transport http://stilgherrian.com All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Stilgherrian no Stilgherrian stil@stilgherrian.com stil@stilgherrian.com (Stilgherrian) 2006-2007 A master feed of all Stilgherrian's audio and video podcasts. Stilgherrian » public transport http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sla_144w.jpg http://stilgherrian.com Patch Monday: Why transport smart card projects go bad http://stilgherrian.com/internet/patch-monday-why-transport-smart-card-projects-go-bad/ http://stilgherrian.com/internet/patch-monday-why-transport-smart-card-projects-go-bad/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:47:23 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/?p=6751 ZDNet Australia logo: click for Patch Monday episode 37

Melbourne’s $1.3 billion myki smart card ticketing system still hasn’t been rolled out to buses or trams even after experts were flown in two months ago. Sydney’s Tcard project was cancelled and now it’s starting again. What can we learn from these transport IT disasters?

hat’s what I spoke about in this week’s Patch Monday podcast, which I’m now posting on Friday. Slack, eh?

My guest is Tom Worthington who, apart from teaching computer science at the Australian National University, has a strong personal interest in transport ticketing systems.

You can listen below. But it’s probably better for my stats if you listen at ZDNet Australia or subscribe to the RSS feed or subscribe in iTunes.

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