Jeff Mowatt wrote:
Going back over 40 years or so, can anyone think of an industry that
can compete with TFL in the inflation stakes?

TfL hasn't been going for 40 years, and has IIRC actually *reduced* bus
fares on average.

Using the standard measure of a single Mars bar (now available in
economy packs of course) at 1400% a call from a public phone box
comes in at a quite reasonable 1200% but a short hop bus fare is way
out in front at 4200%

Since LT bus fares used to be graded on a mileage basis, today's flat fare
will always look expensive if compared with the shortest distance 40 years
ago. What fare and distance are you comparing today's 65p/70p/£1 with?
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