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"LONDON OFFICIALLY WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE TRANSPORT CAPITAL" - POPE
2007-01-05 20:30:00 On the day The Mayor of London puts up cash fares on Tubes and buses by 33%, new research carried out by Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesman on the London Assembly, Geoff Pope, shows that London is now the most expensive public transport capital in the world.
The research compared the cost of cash and Oyster card fares for a single Tube journey in zone 1&2, a day travel card and a zone 1&2 monthly travelcard with 7 other European capitals as well as New York, Moscow an Tokyo.
Commenting on the research, Geoff Pope, said:
"London is officially the world's most expensive public transport capital. Unfortunately, sky high tube fares do not mean value for money: Londoners are paying the price for overcrowded and unreliable journeys.
'Monthly fares for regular commuters are extortionate - well over twice New York, Paris or Rome. The Mayor can get away with it because he knows he has passengers over a barrel. Cash fares are also scandalous: short journeys are cheaper by black cab. But with the Tube being re-built over the next ten years we are bound to have cancellations and delays. It's time these disruptions were made up for with cheaper tube fares.
'Lowering fares before 7.30 AM would ease overcrowding in the morning rush and help early morning low-paid workers."
Local Lib Dem leader Ian Sharer commented "Not only is London now the most expensive place in the world for transport, but also Hackney residents are getting pretty much the worst deal in the capital. Although progress is being made on the East London Line extension, Hackney still has no tube and residents are forced onto the buses and the shockingly overcrowded Silverlink and One railway services. The sooner the mayor heeds Lib Dem calls for fair fares the better."
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transport, geoff pope, ken livingstone
