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(tim.....) wrote:
I still remain convinced that this big bang of closing all TO in one
go and expecting the 1,000,000 people per day to change their habits
and suddenly start using machines is doomed to failure and chaos will
ensue - and that's just considering the people who are queuing, by
choice, to buy "normal!" tickets, ignoring all of the edge cases that
the machines can't handle.
Who says they are going to close them all at once?
Boris, by 2015 (I can't remember if a month was stated)
I thought they had been
closing ticket offices for some time.
Well OK, they probably aren't going to shut them all at exactly the same
time.
And as for rolling it out before they have any idea whatsoever how
many people will switch to pay wave - NUTS! (As commented before,
none of my 3 card providers has yet to send me a suitably enabled
card - I can't be alone!)
They must have some idea of the consequences of closing the ticket offices
they have already closed, surely?
They must. But the rational for this full closure is the expected use of
PayWave, and they can't have any idea if this will become the alternative of
choice because it isn't available yet
I switched to ticket stops when they imposed an arbitrary £5 minimum
top-up
at ticket offices.
you can top up with as little as 10p at the machines
tim