❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the Public Transport Authority's decision to remove cash ticketing machines from train station car parks and why they weren't upgraded or replaced with more SmartParker machines. The PTA defends the move as improving efficiency and ensuring genuine public transport users.
AnsweredQoN 1560Legislative Council
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(1) Why did the Public Transport Authority remove existing cash ticketing machines in train station car parks? (2) Why were they not upgraded or replaced by additional Smartparker machines?
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Answered
14 October 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
35 days
(1) The Public Transport Authority introduced the new SmartParker solution as a more efficient way for customers to pay for parking and also a means of ensuring that only genuine public transport customers use the Transperth station car parks.
The existing cash ticketing machines were re-distributed between stations, repositioned at existing paid parking stations and co-located with the new SmartParker machines to create a single pay station. Note that the preferred method of payment is SmartParker as it does not require customers to return to their vehicle; the system design is advantageous to passengers.
(2) There are adequate SmartParker and cash ticketing machines located at Transperth stations
The existing cash ticketing machines were re-distributed between stations, repositioned at existing paid parking stations and co-located with the new SmartParker machines to create a single pay station. Note that the preferred method of payment is SmartParker as it does not require customers to return to their vehicle; the system design is advantageous to passengers.
(2) There are adequate SmartParker and cash ticketing machines located at Transperth stations
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