Re: Fare rises , legalised extortion?

In article <eastend-808D7C.15225028122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
eastend@xxxxxxxxxx (eastender) wrote:

In article <1167314383.760645.317720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Boltar" <boltar2003@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've had an oyster card since they first came out funnily enough.
And well done to you for getting a card though since you're a regular

on this group I suspect you already knew about them. I doubt the
same can be said for 99% of tourists who come here however. Do you
read up on the ticketing of the metro and bus systems in every
foreign city you visit before you go in case you get screwed by some
megalomanic mayor and his patsies by not coughing up a deposit
beforehand to buy the local smartcard?

What nonsense. Many other world cities have travelcard systems -
why wouldn't someone check out London's? And you don't need to
'read up' on them - you can just go to a ticket office or machine
and buy one in most cities I've been to.

Precisely. Just regard cash fares as a tax on the ignorant, as in almost
every city in the world.

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Colin Rosenstiel.
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