On Nov 17, 6:42*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:46:30 -0800 (PST), George

wrote:
On Nov 13, 6:38*pm, (Roy Badami) wrote:
Thanks, Paul, very helpful.

Interesting (and slightly surprising) that they're removing pay as you
board from routes -- it seems a waste of resources to have to go
around removing perfectly good ticket machines.

Roy it was installing the ticket machines in the first place that was
a waste of money, hardly anybody uses them.

Hello George! *Another place for you to post.

No it wasn't a waste of money. If you think about the operating concept
then it is absolutely essential that passengers who do not have an
Oyster card, one day travelcard or saver ticket have the ability to buy
the ticket to use the service. *Otherwise you leave people in limbo
which is not acceptable when you have a penalty fares scheme.

The fact that off bus ticket sales are at very high levels courtesy of
Oyster is what means that usage of roadside machines is low. Please get
the concepts in the right order.
--
Paul C

Hello Paul, you never know where I might pop up from!

Yes I accept what you are saying but my point is the whole open
boarding system which includes the need for roadside machines is a
waste of money. Far easier that passengers pay the driver and don't
get me started on that ridiculous 'cashless zone' idea in Central
London! Occasionally somebody will buy a one day bus pass from the
machines but other than that they see very little use.