Contactless payment must not disadvantage travellers without bank accounts

As September's introduction of contactless payments on the Tube, DLR and Overground approaches, Caroline Pidgeon reiterated concerns about the details of the scheme and how it may impact passengers without access to a bank account:

"After such long delays in introducing this technology, we now need real honesty from the mayor and Transport for London, as to how contactless payment will really operate.

"Most importantly we need an absolute assurance that anyone without access to a bank account and who is unable to use contactless payment is not then excluded from the cheapest fare packages."

You can read more at the BBC and at MayorWatch.