Posted Nov 27, 2009, 9:52 PM
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loafing in lotusland
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Lotusland
Posts: 6,023
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Oyster IS using RFID.
The reason Oyster is popular is easy. Ubiquitous marketing and punitive cash fares
1-Zone cash fare = £4.00
1-Zone Oyster fare = £1.60
IF all cash fares here were priced at 3-zones you'd see a drastic uptake of smart cards too! Basically that's what London did.
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