Hilarious.
Over £17 million (and counting) - scrapping Venezuelan oil deal.
Over £100 million (estimated) - designing and implementing a replacement for high-capacity bendy buses with lower capacity buses.
£30 - £60 million - protecting the worst polluting cars from a £25 congestion charge.
£400,000 - paying off Porsche for the privilege of doing so.
£465,000 - a 'transition team'.
...and Money In (from your fares)
Bus fares up from 90p to £1, with the daily cap rising from £3 to £3.30. (More expensive than Birmingham.) An on-peak Tube journey in Zone 1 up from £1.50 to £1.60, and £2.00 to £2.20 in Zones 1 and 2. There is some good news: the off-peak period on the Tube is expanded to include the time between 9.30 and 16.00, and he's reintroducing the half-price bus travel scheme for those on Income Support which he originally scrapped. But essentially, under Boris you're a winner if you drive a Porsche, work for Boris or make buses for nostalgics. (Hint: if you're not one of those, you're probably a loser.)
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13:36:31 - 05/09/08
Wow, buses and tubes in London really are cheap. I've never really realised before.
Here an under-performing bus company charges £2.30 for an offpeak single for a 20 minute journey, £3.50 for a return.
Here an under-performing bus company charges £2.30 for an offpeak single for a 20 minute journey, £3.50 for a return.
19:48:55 - 08/09/08
Josh
I heard that Abbi! Very Naughty!
20:11:09 - 08/09/08
@Nathan - Only major city in the world to achieve a 5% shift away from cars and towards public transport!
That was under Ken though, of course
That was under Ken though, of course
23:11:11 - 08/09/08
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Seriously though these constant above-inflation increases in transport cos when the service keeps getting WORSE backs us into a corner. There is no alternative, it's not like we can say screw London Underground, I'm travelling on the other tube service... *grumbles*. Wanna go rat hunting with me, we can kill one and post it to Boris... don't tell Josh though!