Fares rise cover-up?

• THE swingeing increases in transport fares need to be commented on. A weekly bus pass has gone up from £13.80 to £16.60 and a monthly from £53 to £63.80. The single Oyster fare on a bus has gone up from £1 to £1.20, an increase of 20 per cent.

Unlike previous years, there has been no updates leaflet on these revised fares in Underground stations. 

I was informed by a ticket clerk this is due to environmental reasons. It was therefore impossible to check out the new fares.

A lot of people, including myself, don’t have internet access.

When the new mayor assumed office in May 2008, he immediately stopped the publication of the free newspaper The Londoner, which used to give much information and was of great use.

CIARAN FLAVIN
Taverner Square
N5