"Ian Tindale" wrote in message
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Paul Corfield wrote:

I think it is demonstrably the case that bus ridership has
increased,
that running costs due to congestion have fallen and that the bus
companies are making big profits from running in London. How much
of
that can be directly lined to bus lane enforcement is hard to say
but
more and better bus lanes do help the efficacy of the bus network.

Also, given that we've had congestion charging in place for a while
now, and
that bus fares are going up next year, why is this? I'd have thought
the
money accumulated from the congestion charge would've meant that
fares can
become lower.

My understanding was that Congesion charging had been working better
than expected, in deterring motorists from the zone, and therefore the
amount of charge they are getting in isn't as high as expected/hoped
for.