[Gllug] ist that right that the Oyster card got RFID on it?

[Richard Jones]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 11:56:14PM +0000, Matthew King wrote:
> Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> writes:
> 
> > On 16 Jan 2007, Bruce Richardson said:
> >
> >> On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 01:28:38PM +0000, Alain wrote:
> >>> > Ah well, now there's a point.  Why are the cash fares so expensive
> >>> > now?
> >>> 
> >>> Trying to get everyone to adopt oyster. Since the difference is much greater
> >>> than any cost savings I suspect that there is another agenda in play.
> >>
> >> I don't think it's a huge secret that the long term hope is for Oyster
> >> to become an electronic money.
> >
> > There are also efficiency concerns. Ticket gates using the old cardboard
> > tickets are *slower* than Oyster (about twice as slow by my
> > guesstimates, and much slower when a ticket fails scanning). Throughput
> > maximization on ticket gates in major stations at rush hour is a big
> > concern for LT.
> 
> Of course it would simply not do to point out how much faster throughput
> is without those infernal automatic gates.

I've long said that the tube should be free and paid for through
taxes.  You could get rid of about 2/3rds of the staff who's job seems
to be to stand around drinking tea and being rude to long-suffering
customers.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat UK Limited
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