Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-03-03 15:11:18 +0000, Recliner said:

Yup, bus fares would have to rise for everyone to cover the loss of
revenue from those taking two or more buses for their journey.

They would, but they would be much fairer, because people would not get
a discount for TfL providing a direct bus for their journey - or rather
people would not be penalised again for TfL not providing a direct bus
for their journey.

The current system is *incredibly* unfair. It near enough works in
small towns where most journeys are to/from the city centre on one
direct bus, and usually if your journey requires crossing the city
centre it's roughly twice as far so charging twice as much is not all
that unreasonable. London is too big for that to work.

I agree it's unfair, but that's partly balanced by lower bus fares. But to
make it fairer for some, it would have to get more expensive for others who
benefit from the current system. And, as always, the losers shout much
louder than the winners cheer (partly because the losers soon discover that
they're losing out, while the potential winners may not even be customers
yet).