Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:56:57 +0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

But we have the Boris Bus, Boris Bike, and would-be
Boris Island, but no Ken Fare, Ken Train, Ken Card, Ken Tram, etc.

All that proves is that Boris is a bigger egomaniac than Ken was and
he was no shrinking violet. I actually prefer substance to "style" and
Ken delivered far more of value and substance. The test of that is
that Boris has barely reversed any of Ken's major policy initiatives -
especially on transport.

All I can give Boris credit for is managing to maintain funding for
Crossrail and not cancelling it, South London Line extension to the
Overground, sustaining investment in Overground and Tramlink capacity
and forcing TfL into releasing Bus Countdown information.

There's very little else of merit - the bus network development has
lagged behind growth and economic development, the tube is under
severe strain and several investments are wrong or have gone wrong,
there has been a planning blight of around 6 years which has destoyed
momentum in new scheme delivery which will probably result in a gap of
10-12 years in anything substantive happening. Traffic congestion is
pretty appalling as is pollution and the Mayor has nothing meaningful
to say on this because he essentially believes people can drive where
and when they want. Whoever the next Mayor is has some real nasty
problems to deal with.

It looks like Boris has chosen his successor: fellow old-Etonian Zac, while
Boris tries to succeed fellow old-Etonian Dave.