On 06/02/2012 17:22, Neil Williams wrote:
On Feb 6, 5:10 pm, wrote:
If good for London, why not every other major city in the UK?

Surely, we already have such tickets.

In London, they have the Railcard and that even covers the Croydon
Tramlink.

In Birmingham, they have something similar so do all the other PTEs.

What’s being proposed here that’s any different?

Single tickets as well, presumably.

It is absolutely nonsensical that you are penalised for a journey that
requires two buses, and you are penalised for changing from Tube/train
to bus.

There should be one zonal fares system for the entire network for
single fares, completely irrespective of what mode(s) of transport is/
are used. The one exception is that I'd allow for a "bus only"
variant to avoid Tube crowding in central London - but even then
changes should not be penalised.

So if a Zone 1 to Zone 3 fare is, say, £4, it should be £4 whether
it's a direct Tube, or a bus, a Tube and another bus, or whatever.

Neil

Whether or not I agree with the proposition, it is sometimes worthwhile
looking at the cost and practicality of implementing policies such as
this. If this could be achieved cheaply within the existing Oyster
system (by, for example, making X bus journeys within Y time a flat
fare) then fair enough. But if this will lead to huge system costs and,
for example, the need to touch OUT as well as in on buses, then it
should perhaps be consigned to the 'good idea, let's look at it again
when we refresh the technology' pile.