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August 26th 03, 01:22 PM
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Exact Fare Only
"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
... In article , () wrote: CJG wrote: Buses are slowed down so much with drivers getting change. And even I strongly believe (based on personal observation) that most of the delay to buses is actually tourists (etc) asking "does this bus go to Harrods?" and so on, and if told no, entering into a debate about which bus does. Or people asking the driver of Bus A where Bus B (being the one they need) has got to, because there hasn't been one for ages. Neither of these cases will be helped by cashless or fixed-fare buses. I suspect the pay before boarding requirement will lose a lot of tourist traffic. I know that I never used a bus in Warsaw because I couldn't find anywhere to buy the right tickets with my limited Polish. The guides said to use street kiosks but they seemed always to be shut. If you don't have the exact money the new machines don't want to know you. Exactly. Over the past few decades there was been a steady erosion in the level of service provided by public transport, especially as regards getting travel advice and buying tickets. I can remember the days (not that long ago - I'm only 40) when all buses had conductors who would have change for whatever money you tendered and would advise you on the best ticket to buy ("what's the best ticket(s) if I want to go from A to B to C to A?") or when to catch the return bus (given that few bus stops have timetables on them). Nowadays you have to buy your ticket from a machine that can't give change or else from a driver who can't/won't give change. If you only have a note, rather than coins, forget about trying to travel! Is this what's called "progress"? "Progress" is evidently a vector quantity: it can be (and often is) negative! Or at least, it is only positive as seen by the company, rather than the customer. |
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