On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:25:37 +0100, John Rowland wrote:

In which case the buses should be running faster than anticipated, and the
same frequency of service can be provided with fewer vehicles and staff, so
fares should still be able to go down. Also the average bus is fuller than
it was, also allowing fares to go down.

You may find the conjestion charge zone is just slighty smaller than the
greater london area !

Steve