New South Wales has become an international public transport joke, with the botched T-card project leaving the state with a very bad reputation.
That's the verdict from International Association of Public Transport Secretary General Hans Rat, who directly blames the Iemma government for the failure.
Shadow Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian says what’s even worse is that integrated ticketing is at least 10 years away.
“Not only are we an embarrassment overseas but what is most concerning is commuters will have to wait under Labor at least until about 2018 before they even start thinking about a T-card.
“The state government recently released a state infrastructure statement, there was nothing in there about a T-card or an integrated ticketing system.”