Looks like your idea is catching on over here. Central Florida transit folk are testing an RFID smartcard starting next week for a year, with a couple of bus lines, parking garages and tollbooths taking part. http://www.centstobits.com for the particulars. I'm going to a meeting next Tuesday to learn more about it as a tester and all-around transportation guy.

Hi All, Does anyone have a recording of the Picc Line's "Please Mind The Gap Between The Train And The Platform" announcement? If so, please contact me at Thanks, Tom

"Salvation is at hand for Tube commuters bored by the small print on carriage advertisements and being stuck in tunnels. London Underground is in talks with cable company NTL about installing a digital radio network on the Tube. Passengers with portable radios will be able to tune in to a range of radio stations, and NTL is also considering using the signal to send video data to handheld...

"Terry Harper" wrote in message ... "John Rowland" wrote in message ... I think you should drop him at Basingstoke, which has very fast trains to Surbiton. I don't think it will add too much to your driving time. Bearing in...

"The Equalizer" wrote in message Although none of this should be a revelation to uk.r. or TL travellers. Most of those dates and times were in the May 2003 eidtion of the TL pocket t.t. and IIRC were in the previous Sept 2002 copy too, but in less detail. I put some of the dates on uk.r about this time last year. --

I've noticed on some of the more modern buses that there is a yellow disk by the ticket machine and that some oaps appear to scan their bus passes on it instead of showing the driver. What is the purpose of these and can I scan my travelcard? I've also noticed them on tramlink stations. Ken

Hello - I've just renewed (I think) my Oyster card for the first time by swiping it at my designated top up station, but I was wondering what the situation with the "Record Card" is since it's now out of date? When I've tried to buy a zone extension at a BR ticket office they seem to want to see the Record Card (presumably to check I have the other zones) - is the zone information on the record...

"Julian Morison" wrote in message ... Is there a Virgin Cross Country Depot at Reading or Brighton? I know there are depots in Bournemouth and Birmingham, but where else in the South are they? Thanks.

OK, so my my shiny new oyster expires at 0400 so I've just logged on to renew it... ....the site can help you with a lost password, but not with a lost username it seems (please correct me if I'm wrong about this). i would have thought a username lookup from oystercard number would be useful ....the site doesn't have a prominent 'renew my ticket' link. when you try and buy a ticket you still...

http://tinyurl.com/kgpp An Israeli company has proposed cooling down sweltering London Underground platforms by placing snow-making machines above ground. IDE Technologies Ltd, which develops desalination plants, said on Monday it had submitted the plan as part of a contest announced by London Mayor Ken Livingstone last month inviting proposals to help commuters beat the heat. ....

It has always seemed to me that the 750 volt 3rd rail is a bad idea. Rather it is the idea that somebody (Sprague?) first thought of and it got made permanent. Its drawbacks in its present form seem to me to be :- * The possibility of electrocuting somebody. Are there many casualties? More difficult to answer; how much do the procedures to avoid electrocution cost in direct and indirect...

Hi, I wonder if any Londoners here could click on the following web hyperlinks, in the order presented below. These web pages are both from a reputable source, the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3164273.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2174574.stm

In article , (Robin Mayes) wrote: 30/31 Kings Cross CTRL works No service Baker Street to Aldgate (Met) and no service Baker Street to Liverpool Street via Kings Cross (Circle) Neither this nor the other CTRL works closures mention the H&C. Do we assume that it will also be suspended between Baker Street and...

"john" wrote in message ... I know it's a bit off topic, but do any other cities (other than London) in the UK have a subway system? Glasgow does, and Newcastle has a light-rail system called the "Metro", part of which is underground.

Hey all, I was wondering whether to get an Annual Bus Pass usnig an Oyster Card... it all looks good, but the web site doesn't answer some of my queries and, rather than waiting a long time for them to respond, I thought I'd ask the experts first! So, you get the Oyster Card. Do you use your existing photo card with it, or do you have to get a new one?

LU's website is apparently helping tourists to plan their travels round London and encouraging tourists to come to London. Which is great for the economy. But if you look at their promotional material to advertise this fact. Your notice that one of the screen shots they have chosen to promote LU is news on the Underground. And you can quite clearly see a story about a serious sexual assault...

I,ve just noticed that all of the Jam Cams, provided by BBC London, covering my area of east London - the Isle of Dogs and Blackwall Tunnel (right through to the A2) - have been 'removed due to a TfL fault'. Most of these cams have been kaputt for years but you would get the occasional day when you could check the tunnel...

On 4 Aug 2003 03:44:26 -0700, AOL's down again... wrote: Hi folks. On saturday last, I got a parking ticket in the delightful London borough of Southwark. The ticket was issued by APCOA Parking for and on behalf of the aforementioned London Borough. I was parked in a bay marked "PERMIT HOLDERS ONLY MON-FRI 8am - 6pm". The ticket states that the...

Does anyone know if there's a consistent law across all boroughs for disabled spaces in residential roads? I've noticed in Sutton for example they have a sign indicating clearly that they are for the use of any orange badge holder. Nearer home in Wandsworth and Lambeth I noticed a more proprietorial attitude, spaces are created and used exclusively by the disabled homeowner. Ultimately the...

"Robin Mayes" wrote in message ... Subject to cancellation / extension, usual disclaimer... snipped Thanks for the info. I trust that the tube will be "fixed" after all this is done ;-)