(05 Sep 2022, 7:50 pm)Storx wrote Wouldn't be a bad idea. Using Pop at first would probably be better / easier though. It can pretty much do everything already bar the capping (you can pay using it) so arguably would be easier to implement. Not sure how hard it would be to implement caps though. 

Whereas the Ticketer system would take awhile to implement and it caps should be multi operator imo. Not to mention Stagecoach don't use them at all.

It wouldn't take a while to implement with Ticketer. The technology already exists; you have mentioned Pop, which is recognised and can be used on all buses to pay for single, return or day tickets. Despite Stagecoach using Vix ETMs against the tide of everyone else moving to Ticketer.

I may be wrong here, but I'd say the barrier is the governance of any scheme. If the operators can't agree on a basis to implement it, then it'll never happen. Obviously the BSIP had visions of that becoming a reality, but we'll have to see what TNE have submitted to the Government in terms of how they're going to spend the pittance received.