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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On 20/01/2012 21:50, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:39:44 on Fri, 20 Jan 2012, " remarked: By the way, the only place outside the US that E-ZPass works is on the Peace bridge across the Niagara river, where the toll booths happen to be on the Canadian side. In Toronto, the 407 toll road uses the same technology as E-ZPass but for some reason does not interoperate with it. Why can't they just introduce one single smart card for the area, the way they have in London? And there is compatibility between different operating agencies as Oystercards are accepted not only on TfL modes of transport, but also on National Rail in Greater London. That's easier if there are a finite number of players (eg TfL and half a dozen "Network Southeast area" National Rail companies). Scaling it to numerous authorities operating independent bridges could be a problem. Imagine a different operator was charging tolls for every road bridge from Tower Bridge to Windsor. I wasn't talking about bridges, I was referring to transport. I wonder why there isn't one Smart Card for the greater New York area, similar to what we have here in London. |
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