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Default Lets have green public transport

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:59:46 +0000 (GMT) Dave Plowman (News) wrote :
How is fare avoidance? That was one big problem with the bendy buses
in London - to allow quick loading and unloading meant more than one
entrance, so difficult to check tickets with one man operation.


It is an issue, reckoning is that 20% don't pay

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/on...828-1jgno.html

but this dates back to getting rid of conductors on trams. Even the older
trams have multiple entrances for speed of loading/unloading passengers.

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