what is the major technological challenge for oyster card ?

Question

What do you think are the major technological challenges facing
Transport for London in order to provide a safe, secure and reliable
transport service for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games

Answer 1

Getting it to work properly. Half the time the machines on the buses don't work and the gates were open at Fenchurch Street all day today

Answer 2

The main problem is that Oyster does not work on the mainline rail stations. Since most of South London is on this rather than the tube it is like a tax on South Londoners. It is sometimes cheaper to buy a one day travel card than pay a train fare, go into central london, use your oyster and then buy a train fare back.

The biggest problem on the tubes seems to be engineering work overrunning. Maybe they need more staff or more realistic timetables, but time and time again the tubes are delayed due to "engineering work".

During commuter periods they should strategise the tube to work out where people are going to and where it is busiest. They should then run shuttle-type tubes going only 2 or 3 stops to empty out the overload and come back for the rest rather than crushing everyone onto the platforms.

Answer 3

C E N T R E F O R T H E S T U D Y O F F I N A N C I A L I N N O V A T I O N (PDF)
Stretching the Oyster card – TfL's strategy for "tap. and go" technology. ... challenge – it is not marketing in the form of making sure a customer you use one ...
http://www.csfi.org.uk/Oyster.pdf -

Answer 4

as more and more things use rfd tags, then the oyster cards will start to get confused. My football membership card uses the same system, and if they are in my wallet together, then neither one works properly. This will get worse.