On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:14:04 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

I think that flat fares in London are here to stay, thankfully. I
don't think any future Mayor would dare change it, given the
tremendous advantage of quick boarding and thus reduction in dwell
time that it offers.

Given how simplistic the policies are from the other mayoral candidates
I fear your thoughts may be misplaced. As they understand so little
about how transport works in the capital and are making easy promises
I'd guess they believe they have "easy" options with regards to fares
when they face a financial squeeze and decide to increase them. Child
fares will be the first to return and then we'll have different fares
for express routes, different fares for conductor buses because they're
"better" but cost more to run and then longer routes are more expensive
to run so we need to charge more .....
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Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!