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Old May 7th 08, 08:19 AM posted to uk.transport.london
John B John B is offline
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Default Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity

On May 7, 9:10 am, Boltar wrote:
The problem with this country is its always the stick approach , never
the carrot. Instead of "we'll penalise you if you pay by cash" it
should be "if you use Oyster X times in a month you'll get a free 5
pound top-up" or something like that. But no , that would be far too
civilised.


The point is, given that fares are set with the aim of getting a
specific level of farebox revenue, those two things are *exactly the
****ing same*.

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