I wonder if they would ever introduce anything like this here?

http://www.montrealgazette.com/waiti...185/story.html

On 25/10/2012 00:00, wrote:
I wonder if they would ever introduce anything like this here?

http://www.montrealgazette.com/waiti...185/story.html


Interesting - though with such an implementation I'd worry that there
might be more of a likelihood that the system could be cracked open.

Anyhow, I think such a development is rendered obsolete by the project
to have contactless payment (debit/credit) cards accepted as an
alternative to Oyster cards.

Which reminds me - has this project slipped a bit? I have some vague
notion the desire had been to implement this on the buses 'in time for
the Games', or am I making that up? I see TfL do say bus use will be
possible "towards the end of 2012":
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/19976.aspx

Also, it says contactless will be accepted on TfL modes - i.e. LU, LO,
DLR and trams - in 2013. If it's not accepted on NR from the start, then
things'll get messy - is this just ATOC and the London TOCs dragging
their heels again, and TfL trying to force them to keep up like a
frustrated drill sergeant trying to take a hopelessly torpid troop of
TOC soldiers for a vaguely challenging tab.

On 25/10/2012 01:17, Mizter T wrote:

Also, it says contactless will be accepted on TfL modes - i.e. LU, LO,
DLR and trams - in 2013. If it's not accepted on NR from the start, then
things'll get messy - is this just ATOC and the London TOCs dragging
their heels again, and TfL trying to force them to keep up like a
frustrated drill sergeant trying to take a hopelessly torpid troop of
TOC soldiers for a vaguely challenging tab.

Is TfL paying for TOCs to make the changes needed, or is a local body
expecting TOCs to re-write their nationally-agreed financial plans again?

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK