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Colin Rosenstiel · December 30th 07, 07:24 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(MIG) wrote:

On Dec 30, 12:17*pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
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(Mwmbwls) wrote:

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Any more suggestions as to where the zonal boundaries should be?

Another problem is that zones were designed for just 3* of today's
style zones but the number was increased over the years to push fares

up.

* Fares Fare in 1982 had 4 zones for the whole of Greater London but
two of them comprised the current Zone 1 which was divided East-West.

Maybe part of the answer is to have overlapping zones so that, as at
boundary stations, it's possible to make a one zone journey in either
direction to two places, a journey between which might cover two zones?

That would be a completely new system though.

Are you overlooking the cases where zone boundary stations are in two
zones? There will be a small increase in their numbers from 2 January.

The real answer is for all public transport to be free (like bendy
buses).

There are other issues there.

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Colin Rosenstiel