London Banter - View Single Post - No incentive to travel off-peak on London Buses from January

Colin Rosenstiel · December 14th 06, 02:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Walter Briscoe) wrote:

In message .com
of Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:06:36 in uk.transport.london, Joe Patrick
writes
wrote:
This week TfL pledged £150,000 to Work Wise UK, an organisation
encouraging more flexible working hours. TfL's press release
highlighted how this helps manage demand on the transport
network.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent...t.asp?prID=960
But simultaneously TfL are ending the Oyster Pay As You Go price
differential between peak and off-peak travel on the buses. Why
are they contradicting their policy to incentivise encourage off-peak
travel? Wasn't one of the reasons for introducing Oyster the
ease with which it handles this differential pricing?

Did 20p really make much of a difference anyway? Considering most
of the "commuters" would probably hold a bus pass, for which the price
stays the same regardless of time of day, and those who don't may
end up being capped for doing more than 3 Jrnys.

I have no job, am signed on and it DOES make a difference.
For similar reasons, I rarely travel by underground but prefer to
exchange time for money. I walk short journeys, use buses for
intermediate ones and only use the underground for long ones or
where there is no suitable point to point bus service. I got
nowhere when I suggested that bus interchange should be free for an
hour on Oyster.
Free interchange applies in Ottawa.

On your bike?

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Colin Rosenstie