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Originally Posted by Full Mountain
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Given that most downtown commercial buildings in Calgary has an access control system, I'm confused as to how this is a hard project. Could we not purchase a copy of a successful implementation (i.e. Clipper)? I realize that IT projects are screwed from the get go, but what sort of system costs you half a billion? Have they forgotten the KISS principle for projects? Could they not borrow some development from the ParkPlus system, they seem to have the account management part down, add a card and some card readers instead of the road side stations and away you go.
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Very few downtown commercial buildings move constantly, for one thing. Very few are visited by hundreds of thousands of people per day. It's not a trivial thing by any stretch. That said, we are behind
St. John's,
Saskatoon,
Lethbridge and
Spokane on this one.
I'm just a little surprised that given the relatively common requirements that I'm assuming most transit systems have, that a standard (or more likely, three competing standards) hasn't emerged yet. It seems like the equivalent of the age when every rail system had a different gauge.
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