Why is Mayor Boris punishing bus users? - TfL's fare increases - letter from Jeanette Arnold AM

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FARE-paying Londoners will be only too aware this week of the huge rises which Mayor Johnson has now inflicted on the travelling public, especially those who prefer to use the bus network to get around.
Our buses have become, in recent years, a reliable and affordable way to get around, but people who want or need to travel in this way are now feeling the pinch of a huge 20 per cent fare increase.
A pay as you go Oyster journey now costs £1.20 while the cost of a weekly bus pass has also gone up 20 per cent to £16.60.
The Mayor claims this fare increase is necessary to raise funds for Transport for London, yet he has dropped plans for a western extension to the congestion charge zone, as well as plans to charge the most polluting vehicles to enter Central London. Both measures would have generated income, as well as having environmental benefits, but the Mayor has chosen to penalise Londoners who rely on public transport to get around.  Mayor Johnson needs to explain why he is doing this.
Jennette Arnold OBE AM
City Hall