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Cake day: December 30th, 2023

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  • If the victorian railways were held accountable and there was less corruption in victracks property division, the dodgy land sales to property developers would stop and there would be more funding for our public transport.

    I think we should demo a free system here but with the mayors wanting to rip up bike lanes and the state investing so heavily in roads there’s probably no money left for pt.

    /rant


  • In 2005, the state committed almost $1 billion to develop myki by 2007 to replace the ageing Metcard system, and operate myki for 10 years

    Just over half of myki’s almost $1 billion initial budget—around $520 million—was for establishing the system by 2007 and operating it for 10 years.

    It was expected that myki would deliver around $6.3–$10.8 million per year in economic benefits to the state…

    myki was great value /s