On 07/11/2012 19:49, Paul Corfield wrote:

Clearly the big gripe is that ever increasing fares become
progressively more unaffordable for people on low or fixed incomes and
that the Mayor hasn't done anything about it. I doubt this assessment
will stave off all the questions given the typical reaction from
various quarters today. However it does get the Mayor off the hook of
not having done the assessment at all.

Although a fair number of people on low or fixed incomes don't directly
pay the fares (eg pensioners) or might not travel as much (would there
be much point in an non-working person travelling in the morning peak
every weekday?).

A few weeks ago I got a bus somewhere in darkest Sussex. It was much
more expensive than a London bus, but only one other passenger actually
paid a fare.


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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK