"Graham J" wrote in message
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The Oyster Pre-Pay fare will be £1.50. A 50% rise doesn't
sound so bad. Bad enough, but not so bad.

When the national economy's growth is less than 2% it looks ****ing
exorbitant to me.

I am in favour of encouraging people onto public transport and this is not
the way to do it.

Instead, offering promotional fares to new users for specific venue, or
event, tie-ins increases income with the possibility of getting people to
use the system without preaching to the converted.

Many events involve travel at non-peak times when it is usually possible to
get a seat on the tube or a bus.

Slogging into town, sitting in a car while breathing from someone else's
exhaust pipe, looks pretty unattractive in comparison.
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Brian