Posts tagged “public transit”

London's new Oyster smartcards are finally here, replacing those flimsy paper tickets. Reusable, cancellable if lost, and they work without leaving your wallet. I've been waiting ages for these -- the readers have been sitting there unused for over a year. Inexplicably excited about this. Yes, I'm a geek.

I compare London, Paris, and NYC subways and find each gets some things right that the others get wrong. The fixes are obvious and cheap. Why won't they just do them? Hire me, Ken.