Hilarious.
Money Out…
Over £17 million (and counting) – scrapping Venezuelan oil deal.
Over £100 million (estimated) – designing and implementing a replacement for high-capacity bendy buses with lower capacity buses.
£30 – £60 million – protecting the worst polluting cars from a £25 congestion charge.
£400,000 – paying off Porsche for the privilege of doing so.
£465,000 – a ‘transition team’.
…and Money In (from your fares)
Bus fares up from 90p to £1, with the daily cap rising from £3 to £3.30. (More expensive than Birmingham.) An on-peak Tube journey in Zone 1 up from £1.50 to £1.60, and £2.00 to £2.20 in Zones 1 and 2. There is some good news: the off-peak period on the Tube is expanded to include the time between 9.30 and 16.00, and he’s reintroducing the half-price bus travel scheme for those on Income Support which he originally scrapped. But essentially, under Boris you’re a winner if you drive a Porsche, work for Boris or make buses for nostalgics. (Hint: if you’re not one of those, you’re probably a loser.)
But Boris is so goddamn sexy… how can you be against him!
Seriously though these constant above-inflation increases in transport cos when the service keeps getting WORSE backs us into a corner. There is no alternative, it’s not like we can say screw London Underground, I’m travelling on the other tube service… *grumbles*. Wanna go rat hunting with me, we can kill one and post it to Boris… don’t tell Josh though!
Wow, buses and tubes in London really are cheap. I’ve never really realised before.
Here an under-performing bus company charges £2.30 for an offpeak single for a 20 minute journey, £3.50 for a return.
I heard that Abbi! Very Naughty!
@Nathan – Only major city in the world to achieve a 5% shift away from cars and towards public transport!
That was under Ken though, of course