In a follow up to yesterdays Oyster setback, TfL indicate in The Times that they are still keen to proceed, but can’t get the economics to work.  Again refer to yesterdays commentary here.  Its going to be hard to make this work, no matter how many boffins are stuck into that shed.  That comment is typical of the frustration of big companies who haven’t achieved the right level of integration with their technology groups.  Everyone/ company is in the technology business now, whether they like it or not.

TfL’s Oyster-card ambitions hit delays – Industry sectors – Times Online

TfL wants to use the cards, which are currently used by 5 million commuters to buy travel on London’s tubes, busses and trains, as the base for a much larger “electronic wallet” network.

“We think we need to lock the boffins in a shed and get them to come up with a solution that works. “The financial and technical ideas that we have seen so far have been too complex and we have not progressed as far as we would have liked.”

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