{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/64493f23f2773f0011f31319?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Will cutting London's paper Travelcard save money?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>London’s original one-day Travelcard made of paper, was once the affordable magnet-strip ticket unlocking the capital for the masses - but now Mayor Sadiq Khan’s considering scrapping it, after 40 years’ service.</p><p>Amid financial pressures, Khan’s looking to ditch the ‘all-you-can-travel’ physical tickets as tube, bus and rail passengers move to pay-as-you-ride contactless payments.</p><p>But there are concerns losing the iconic transport pass could see commuters suffering more financial misery.</p><p>The Leader podcast’s joined by Dr James Fowler, a lecturer in strategy at the University of Essex Business School and author of&nbsp;Strategy and Managed Decline: London Transport 1948-87.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}