WatcherZero
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TfL has conducted a trial of only using the front door for passengers and the middle door for wheelchair access on the number 8 route. They found that fare evasion was twice as high on buses when multiple doors were in use compared to one with £3.6m in fare evasion across the Routemaster fleet being directly attributable to the doors. Meanwhile passenger loading times didn't change. So today they've announced that from 26th January only the front doors will be in use on all Routemasters.
The Irony is the Routemasters were bought in part because of an argument over fare evasion on the bendy buses but that fare evasion was measured at only £1.9m a year in 2006, half as much!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51062969
The Irony is the Routemasters were bought in part because of an argument over fare evasion on the bendy buses but that fare evasion was measured at only £1.9m a year in 2006, half as much!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51062969
Passengers using London's New Routemaster buses will only be able to board them using the front door in future, transport bosses have said.
The vehicles were originally designed to allow people to enter through doors in the rear, middle or at the front.
But a Transport for London (TfL) pilot on one route showed fare evasion rates were twice as high on New Routemasters compared to other buses.
The change will be introduced on the first buses on 25 January.
A test carried out by TfL last year where passengers could only board New Routemasters on route 8 using the front door led to evasion rates being more than halved.
As a result, the transport body estimates more than £3.6m is lost each year through people not paying fares on New Routemasters, compared to other front-boarding only buses....
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