In message , at 13:14:58
on Mon, 22 Sep 2014, David Cantrell remarked:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 01:13:00PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:00:33
on Fri, 19 Sep 2014, David Cantrell remarked:
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 04:23:17PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
Paul Corfield remarked:
the key problem is avoiding fraud / misuse.
Yes, because everyone is nowadays guilty unless proved innocent. Chavs
rule.
It would be much more convenient for me if I could just travel whenever
the hell I wanted without being bothered by pesky ticket barriers and
the like and just tell TfL how much I owe them at the end of the year.
That's an annual all-zones Travelcard I suppose?

No, because you pay for those in advance, and what you pay has little
bearing on your actual usage.

But wouldn't you want your annual spend capped to that? Paying in
advance or arrears isn't a deal-breaker here, although TfL might not
want to wait as long as a year for its money.

It's really easy to avoid all fraud and misuse if that's all you care
about.
See Richmond, and the ?40k Oyster-banker from Kent. No, avoiding all
fraud isn't easy.

Sure it is. Manually check all tickets and Oyster cards at entry and
exit.

Is this a job creation scheme, or do you just run a ban-the-barriers
campaign?
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Roland Perry