Eight years and more ago I sent the letter at the following url to
Mayor Ken Livingstone:

http://infotextmanuscripts.org/ken_l...ne_letter.html

Although one bloke made all sorts of noises about refuting it, he
never did because its central proposition can't be refuted. Now that
all so-called public transport has long privatised, it is more true
than ever. The so-called private companies that run the transport
system receive massive subsidies. It would be far better to take them
over, to abolish fares in London and other large cities if not the
entire country and charge it all to central government. The overall
cost would be massively reduced.