(18 Jan 2014, 2:48 pm)VolvoMarkII wrote I agree that it would improve journey times and performance, as nobody would be using the Arriva services for that reason.
Exact fare systems work very well in urban areas where people are used to them, eg. West Midlands, Ipswich, and in London if you didn't have an Oyster card it was coins in the roadside machine. It certainly speeds up services and encourages people to get seasons or prepayment cards. It also stops the inconsiderate morons giving drivers £10 or even £20 notes for tiny fares thinking they are a bank and have hundreds of pounds of change at 8am. My rule of thumb was always that notes were acceptable for fares more than half the value of the note. I always asked those who proffered tenners if that was the smallest they had and 2 times out of 3 they found near enough the right money.