On 30 Aug 2006 10:06:34 -0700, "MIG"
wrote:

Can you imagine standing behind a queue of tourists trying to
understand the forms just so they they don't get ripped off during
their week's holiday?

It was in the paper today that they're going to start making Oysters
available to tourists in their home countries before they visit.

--
James Farrar
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James Farrar wrote:
On 30 Aug 2006 10:06:34 -0700, "MIG"
wrote:

Can you imagine standing behind a queue of tourists trying to
understand the forms just so they they don't get ripped off during
their week's holiday?

It was in the paper today that they're going to start making Oysters
available to tourists in their home countries before they visit.



I'm not sure that that is entirely practical. One ought to be able to
arrive in a country and contribute revenue to its public transport
system without either having to make Web transactions long beforehand
or be ripped off.

MIG wrote:
James Farrar wrote:
It was in the paper today that they're going to start making Oysters
available to tourists in their home countries before they visit.

I'm not sure that that is entirely practical. One ought to be able to
arrive in a country and contribute revenue to its public transport
system without either having to make Web transactions long beforehand
or be ripped off.

It doesn't seem like tourists will be /required/ to order their Oysters
in advance -- this will just be another option.

I don't think it's a bad idea to promote Oyster to tourists, given how
few guide books seem to understand London's fare structure.
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA

"David of Broadway" wrote in message
...
MIG wrote:
James Farrar wrote:
It was in the paper today that they're going to start making Oysters
available to tourists in their home countries before they visit.

I'm not sure that that is entirely practical. One ought to be able to
arrive in a country and contribute revenue to its public transport
system without either having to make Web transactions long beforehand
or be ripped off.

It doesn't seem like tourists will be /required/ to order their Oysters in
advance -- this will just be another option.

I don't think it's a bad idea to promote Oyster to tourists, given how few
guide books seem to understand London's fare structure.

That's hardly a reasonable expectation when the system
has changed (every year) at greater frequency than guide
books are updated (usually every 2)

tim

tim (back at home) wrote:
"David of Broadway" wrote in message
I don't think it's a bad idea to promote Oyster to tourists, given how few
guide books seem to understand London's fare structure.

That's hardly a reasonable expectation when the system
has changed (every year) at greater frequency than guide
books are updated (usually every 2)

That doesn't account for guide book claims (both of which I've seen with
my own two eyes) that Oyster is synonymous with Travelcard and that
prepayment is required on driverless buses. (That's right, driverless
buses.)
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA

David of Broadway wrote:
tim (back at home) wrote:
"David of Broadway" wrote in message
I don't think it's a bad idea to promote Oyster to tourists, given how few
guide books seem to understand London's fare structure.

That's hardly a reasonable expectation when the system
has changed (every year) at greater frequency than guide
books are updated (usually every 2)

That doesn't account for guide book claims (both of which I've seen with
my own two eyes) that Oyster is synonymous with Travelcard and that
prepayment is required on driverless buses. (That's right, driverless
buses.)


Yeah, they're using them on the 12. One of them nearly got me at
Trafalgar Square recently.

MIG wrote:
David of Broadway wrote:
tim (back at home) wrote:
"David of Broadway" wrote in message
I don't think it's a bad idea to promote Oyster to tourists, given how few
guide books seem to understand London's fare structure.
That's hardly a reasonable expectation when the system
has changed (every year) at greater frequency than guide
books are updated (usually every 2)
That doesn't account for guide book claims (both of which I've seen with
my own two eyes) that Oyster is synonymous with Travelcard and that
prepayment is required on driverless buses. (That's right, driverless
buses.)

Yeah, they're using them on the 12. One of them nearly got me at
Trafalgar Square recently.

Did you remember to prepay?
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA