World's Your Oyster

Having just got back from London - I can tell you that the UK capital has many splendid achievements - but none better that their amazing 'Oyster' travel card. 

The Oyster card lets you travel on the underground, buses and trains - across the length and breadth of London - providing a service to over 11 million people.

The service operates across 32 London boroughs and over a number of different transport companies - and the travelling public just buy and card and then top it up from time to time - as the need arises.

Local shops issue the cards and provide the top-up service - just like a mobile phone - so it's very handy and user friendly.

Travel is much cheaper than simply buying a single or daily ticket - because the transport operators get their money in advance - and it cuts out a lot of unecessary bureaucracy and red tape. 

So at a time when the Scottish Government is consulting about the future of public transport  north of the border - they could learn a lesson or two from Transport for London.

Wouldn't it be marvellous to have one card for travelling around Scotland - and in and out of our major towns and cities? 

Can't be that hard to organise - surely.