Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on Transport for London’s fare package for Tubes, buses and TfL Overground Rail services being introduced on January 2nd, said:
“For the third year in a row the Mayor of London is racking up fares well ahead of the rate of inflation. Another year, another painful fare package from Boris Johnson.
“Above all else, the Mayor seems determined to penalise some of the poorest Londoners. Far more than any other group of travellers he has picked on bus users who rely on Oyster Pay-As-You-Go. Under Boris, anyone who relies on buses – yet can’t afford a season ticket – has been stung by a whacking 44 per cent increase in their fares.
“No one pretends that fares can be totally frozen for 2011 – but the Mayor’s overall fare package is unfair and falls most heavily on those that can least afford to pay more.”