Comment by mjevans
7 hours ago
Taking such a fee also has transaction costs, in the time if nothing else.
To liken this back to the old days - the difference in time between flashing a valid transfer slip (of paper) and having to drop change into the automated till.
Nowadays, both are “scan your card at entry and exit”, aren’t they?
Elderly will have to do that, too, because a) I expect they still want to track usage, and b) allowing some passengers to hop on a bus without checking in makes it too easy for those ineligible to do that (e.g. elderly who do not live in London) to try and do that, too.
London buses are tap on entry only. For pay as you go riders the fare is not linked to distance travelled.