Boris Johnson, Tory Mayor of London has announced fares on London transport network will rise by an average of 7% from January 2012.
This will come as a really nasty surprise to commuters living in the Fryent area, already hard pressed with other increases to household budgets. With RPI (retail price increases) only at 5% what justification is there for such staggering increases.
What’s even worse, this week, saw tube chaos on many lines again, including the Jubilee line. Maybe before he puts the fares up the Mayor should concentrate on reliability. The Mayor has an election in just over six months. If he and Transport for London are to convince Londoners that they have the Tube in hand, they need to do better than this.
No comments:
Post a Comment