On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:45:27 +0000, Chris Johns
wrote:

When first tried the disasterous implementation of on-bus ticketing on the
ftr they neatly avoided "how to give change" problem by .. not giving any.
It wouldn't even let you get two tickets at 2.50 each with five pound
coins. If you were lucky it would be broken and so not only was the
jouyrney free, but it was also a lot quicker.

When there was a gbp1 ticket on offer, the ****-poor London off-bus
machines wouldn't allow that either. (This has been dealt with by
increasing the fare to be equal to the smallest coin they take)

Those machines were in principle a nice idea, but were poorly-located.
In the right place, they would have allowed people to pay for their
journey while the bus was already moving. But smartcards and period
tickets are a far better way to deal with the problem.

Neil

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