Omo fares trial failure
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LONDON Transport's major fares and ticketing experiment in the Havering area has not initially been successful in significantly speeding boarding time on one man buses.
Target improvement was a one-and-a-half seconds per passenger in boarding speed, coupled with a financial target to keep revenue at the same level as before the experiment. Revenue has slumped by about 20 per cent.
To reduce the revenue loss, LT proposes to increase the on-bus price of "Multi-Ride" tickets and to speed up boarding times. Schemes for selling tickets off the bus — at Underground and British Rail stations and possibly local shops — at a reduced rate are being considered.
It is hoped boarding times A LONDON Community Association has purchased a new double-decker bus for use by local residents and organisations.
The bus is an Ailsa with Alexander bodywork built to Tayside Regional Tansport specification except with a single entrance door.
This Ailsa is the first double-deck bus to be supplied new to a community association — normally they buy second-hand — and is the first Ailsa to operate in London. It is finished in the Tayside twotone blue and white livery. will be improved by less frequent financial transactions on the bus. Dr David Quarmby, LT's managing director (buses) said: "Although tremendously popular locally, the experiment has so far failed in its main objective, which is to reduce the time one-man buses spend at stops.
"There has been some improvement, but not enough to make a real difference. We are therefore planning to introduce ticket sales off the bus."