MPTE Walrus Smart Card

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RE: MPTE Walrus Smart Card

(13/10/2015 21:12)Dentonian Wrote:  Don't be so sure.

1. People will not pay for goods if there is no guarantee they will arrive (in time).

2. Deregulation means most "goods" won't be transferrable. If you pay for a specific ready meal on entering Morrisons and find they are out of stock, you can't nip next door to Tesco and get it at no extra cost.

Without getting too political, there is definitely a move by the party who introduced bus deregulation towards a regional bus franchising similar to the one in London. Walrus is part of the ITSO system and is already transferable on all bus services, irrespective of operator, within the Merseyside ITA just as an Oyster card is in London. I predict that within the next five years this will be extended much further.