Quote Originally Posted by Bmal View Post
1) Sydney metro blew out more than $3 billion and killed CBD traffic. Westconnex (tolls to be collected for the next 40 years) blew out by $1.5 billion. Billions of dollars.
2) Opal was fraught with issues and loopholes cost us more than before ending up with us losing millions. It was scrapped quickly for use of normal bank cards. Opal was a failure.
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How did the metro "kill CBD traffic"? It is not even in the CBD yet, apart from a couple of building sites which have no affect on traffic. It will be underground when operating, how does that affect traffic?

Opal has not been scrapped, and it definitely hasn't been a failure. There were a few loop holes but the travelling public benefitted. Normal bank cards are a convenience, but can't be used by people on concessions. Its value lies in the data it collects, which is used in service planning.

Do some research into the T-card which Labor tried to introduce a few years earlier - there was a failure of massive proportions