On Wed, 31 May 2006 01:04:19 +0100, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:

And - an important point - if it does provide a good alternative to get
to Whitechapel for instance, even say if the journey times are similar,
then some passengers will choose that route as it'll be cheaper (no
travelling through pricey zone 1), which will ease the load on the
District.

How will Oyster always know if people are bypassing Zone 1 or not?

With season tickets, it will know because you have a Z23 Travelcard on
your Oyster instead of a Z12 one.

With pre-pay, it wouldn't know (unless they add some logic that
charges the Z12 fare if you pass through the gatelines at
Victoria/Waterloo, and the Z2-only fare otherwise).