Thats solved by tweaking the system. You keep the walk on fare for distances of less than 160km at a reasonable level. Beyond that, it becomes long distance, and as a result, advance booking becomes necessary.
Depends what you call "long distance", thats a very arbitrary concept. In my eyes its anything other than commuter distance, which is less than 110km.
There will be annoying discrepancies cropping up no matter what happens, but the objectives are the same. Some routes have a higher level of business travel, others have more recreational use.
Yes its annoying until people know how it works, and it becomes an accepted and transparent system.
High walk on fares on a Friday evening, which is the traditional peak period should be acceptable. People will get into the habit of booking early, and having their seats guaranteed. That never happened before.
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