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This morning I was shocked to find that a single journey from Zone 6 to Zone 1 has increased by 40p!
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Why? It was announced months ago. Anyway, there are now four different fares from Z6 to Z1 depending on which line you use. I'm not making this up, honest. It's what happens when you put a blithering buffoon with no experience in charge of a transport system.
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I'd like to see more detail re the facts and figures before I pass judgement either way.
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Plenty of stuff on TfL's website, and I can't find one iota of evidence that it's Livingstone-era profligacy that's at the root of this - if anything Boris is planning to cut the subsidy to the bus network and remove a chunk of congestion charge income over the next few years, and you have to fill that hole somehow. TfL has about £2bn in the bank at any one time, which has remained remarkably constant.
It's also noticeable that the 'blame Ken' line was inserted into the press release late on, as there are versions online without it, blaming (correctly) the recession for reducing Tube numbers as people switch to the bus and the costs of the Metronet collapse.
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I get and approve the massive work going on to improve the lines
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Quite a lot has already been cut, including stuff approved as recently as June 2009 (step-free upgrades at some suburban stations). The rather expensive cycle hire and cycle superhighway schemes, plus Boris's pet bus project, however, appear unscathed...