New Victorian government may scrap myki
MELBOURNE: The Victorian government is considering scrapping the $1.3 billion myki public transport smart card system.
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MELBOURNE: The Victorian government is considering scrapping the $1.3 billion myki public transport smart card system.
The Herald Sun newspaper said the new coalition government has ordered a freeze on the rollout of the myki system to V/Line regional services and has scrapped the planned switch-off of the existing Metcard system by Easter.
The newspaper said the government has commissioned an unnamed major accounting firm to conduct a wide-ranging audit of the smart card's operation.
The government has also called for submissions from public transport operators, some of which were described as ``scathing'', into the system's operation.
The news comes as Transport Ticketing Authority research found only 75,000 of the 800,000 myki cards in circulation are used on a typical weekday.
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