Perhaps it is a legitimate policy aim to remove this

Eric Claus Kings Langley Bus ticketing leaves people stranded So now disabled people will have to find a shop with wheelchair access to buy their bus ticket before they are allowed on a bus (''Getting a ticket to ride easier said than done for some'', September 14). This will make bus travel very difficult for some. One of my closest friends has survived Sydney in a wheelchair for more than 25 years since an accident left him paraplegic. I have seen it all, and he has experienced worse. Let's start with having to jump so many gutters (now much improved), people who talk loudly at him in baby talk because he is probably also stupid or deaf, and taxi drivers who slow down to pick up, then speed off when they think they might have to get out of their seat to help. Even some public health buildings still lack proper wheelchair access. And only now is the City of Sydney taking disability access into account in its redesign of the Devonshire Street end of Central station. There are very few disabled people, and life is hard enough. They are charged $2.50 for an all-day ticket - it's not a big revenue stream. Surely Sydney Buses, in these new circumstances, can allow people in wheelchairs to travel free. James Waites Surry Hills Sydney has the most unfriendly bus ticketing system around. When I tried to get a ticket from a driver on Glebe Point Road, I was told to ''go to that shop over there''. The shop owner had no idea how many sections there were to my destination; he had never even heard of the street. When I told him I would buy an all-day senior ticket instead, he told me he did not sell them, only a 10-trip ticket. So I went with my 10-trip ticket on my now late one-way journey and asked the friendly driver where I could get a senior ticket. Well, I could get one at Central, or a railway station, or on the bus when there was a full moon, or something of the sort. I am still wandering around the bush with nine unused trips in my wallet. If nothing else, it's a great revenue-raiser. Donald Hawes Dubbo Limited place for bikes in parks Elizabeth Elenius (Letters, September 11-12) can be assured that sustainable mountain biking will occur only in a limited number of national parks, where it is appropriate. It will not be allowed in wilderness areas or nature reserves. Interstate and Rosetta Stone French international evidence, as well as our experience in NSW, shows that well-designed tracks that meet the needs of mountain bikers significantly reduce off-track riding and illegal track construction. Any new facilities will undergo extensive environmental assessment and be approved through park management plans - which would require more public consultation. I am proud of our record in encouraging people of all ages and fitness levels to visit our parks. We will continue to do so without compromising our equally proud conservation record. It's only by getting people into our parks, in a healthy and sustainable way, that we can show them why they are so important. Sally Barnes Head, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney Smoke and mirrors Enoch Lau (Letters, September 13) and many others have asked why tobacco companies oppose the plain packaging proposal if it will not reduce tobacco use. Perhaps this is the answer. Even if the policy does not change the number of smokers, it will remove the last remaining source of product differentiation that a company has to compete for market share among current smokers. Perhaps it is a legitimate policy aim to remove this. But then the question should be whether companies that sell a legal but damaging product still have the right to differentiate their product from those of their competitors. By itself, the notion that tobacco companies oppose a policy is hardly a conclusive demonstration that it will be effective.

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