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North London Line Revisited
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Mizter T writes Bikes definitely shouldn't be allowed on at peak times - and I speak not as a bicycle hater but as a keen cyclist - when it's busy the space available should be for people! Bizarrely I note that Silverlink don't appear to have any policy banning bikes on the NLL at peak times [1], which is pretty silly. Yes. You can just see a fairly minor shunt somewhere leaving a lot of people with handlebar size holes in vital areas. Then of course Silver Link will be saying, "we had no idea, if only we'd been aware of the problem." Please understand that the following comment isn't me trying to be belligerent, it really isn't, but if someone is paying £2 for a bus fare on more than a few occasions then they're being a bit of a mug. £1 with Oyster, or £1 with a Bus Saver ticket (sold as a carnet of 6 for £6). After a long ponder on this I came to the conclusion that charging double for those paying cash is not only probably illegal if someone wanted to take it through the courts. But it's also just plain daft for a Mayor purporting to serve the working people of London. And yes I am sorry for using words like purporting on a Friday night :-) Also bear in mind that the bulk of TfL's funding doesn't come from the Congestion Charge, nor from the GLA's council tax levy, but from a grant from central government. I just got my Council Tax and I'm paying Ken about 450 quid this year. (GLA part of my bill). So I'm determined to moan and groan about all his many failings. :-) -- Edward Cowling London UK |
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