Abaya crawled out from what rock?

 

Transportation Secretary Emilio Abaya  says that the “minor glitches” in the rollout of the new ticketing system at the Light Railway Transit (LRT) Line 2 would be resolved soon enough.

The glitches in the tap-and-go ticketing system included bank notes being stuck in the vending machines that dispensed the so-called “beep cards.”

According to project concessionaire AF Payments, Inc. (AFPI), they sold 6,000 cards in the first two days of the trial, underscoring “positive public response.” Bravo, bravo! Cue in the canned applause!

But Abaya and AFPI don’t get it at all that it doesn’t matter to the public whether they buy their cards from a vending machine or from a live sales person behind a counter.

The riding public, whether at LRT or the Metro Rail Transit, care little whether their ingress or egress at rail stations is through the use of whatever smart card is in vogue.

There’s no point in addressing the queue at the ticketing windows or booths if after getting their trip cards, commuters find themselves waiting in eternity for the few LRT and MRT train cars that are still in operation.

What the LRT and the MRT need are an overhaul of their system, the purchase of new coaches and the bidding out of their system maintenance to companies that really know what they are doing.

The people are asking for new trains and Abaya gave them a new ticketing system?  From what rock did Abaya crawl out from? – End-                                       

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