On Monday, 31 March 2014 09:28:53 UTC+1, Robin wrote:
There's a fair few parents in East London who can't afford to take

a day off work to look after their children let alone to go watch the

Tour. (I think that's one significant difference from 2007 when the time

trial was in central London on Saturday and 1st stage on Sunday.)



Prompts the thought that some commuters will end up using 2

buses where usually it's only one. And the extra GBP 1.45 will

matter to some of them. It'd be nice if TfL could do something to

address the point. Could they instruct drivers to issue "bus transfer

tickets" where routes are curtailed? (Not something I've seen them do

routinely.)

I've long thought it unfair that buses don't have a transfer system by default.
Oyster would have been the perfect opportunity to introduce it - a single
journey limited by time, just like the trams and tubes work. Someone might
need to take 2 or 3 buses to travel the distance someone else does on 1 bus,
and it's not their fault the routes don't favour them.