tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post4690094965902131536..comments2023-05-10T16:38:37.925+01:00Comments on Stockwood Pete: Smart Cards on the TablePete Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-68488817760561941022009-04-29T17:52:00.000+01:002009-04-29T17:52:00.000+01:00Chris: Looks like a very good idea. I wonder if...Chris: Looks like a very good idea. I wonder if the feasibility study will invite ideas and suggestions from the likes of us - or will they just commission some distant consultant who never gets on a bus to come up with a report?Pete Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-64396710186313480042009-04-29T17:50:00.000+01:002009-04-29T17:50:00.000+01:00SteveL: I've always understood that First are res...SteveL: I've always understood that First are resistant to any 'cross-provider' scheme simply because it might threaten their monopoly. Take the example I gave of the two competing routes from Stockwood - ABus is far cheaper, but the journey options are more limited, you can't get anything like a 'First Day' ticket. So First get more business, and people with day tickets have to wait for a First bus to get home, even if the ABus arrives first.<br /><br />Even so, 'off-bus' ticketting with smart cards could bring all sorts of operational benefits to First, most of all in speeding up journeys significantly, and making much better use of their investment in bus and in staff. At the moment, that investment is idle all the time the bus is stopped.Pete Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-85995639967602887682009-04-29T13:47:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:47:00.000+01:00Here's an idea. What if this local Oystercard were...Here's an idea. What if this local Oystercard were also required to pay for parking and other transport related services (bridge tolls, etc.) so that virtually every motorist required one? Then it would be that much simpler for motorists to use public transport as an option since they would already have the card.Chris Hutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-81340160322244584422009-04-29T09:23:00.000+01:002009-04-29T09:23:00.000+01:00-in london TfL run oystercard for improved traffic...-in london TfL run oystercard for improved traffic flow -to get people in and out tubes and buses faster. I don't see FirstBus wanting to play with that, though improved bus timetables would be one result.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.com