I like it, lots of my friends like it as well.
If they did not enact it, things on the road would be worse. They just need to make it more.
The cost of public transport is ridiculous, London has to be the most expensive city to travel around.
If they did not enact it, things on the road would be worse. They just need to make it more.
The cost of public transport is ridiculous, London has to be the most expensive city to travel around.
It costs around 12p per mile to run a bicycle including capital cost, maintenance, additional food etc (though until you hit around 10k miles the costs may be hidden from you). I commute around 1k miles a month and so it costs me around £6 per day to commute by bike, and it is £16 for a slower equivalent train journey. Cars really aren't an alternative as they're too slow.
You think £1.30 to get a bus as far as you like is expensive? and £4 to get as many buses as you like in a day is expensive?
It's definitely cheaper (though less flexible) than running a car on your own, but some of the costs of a car can be spread between more than one person, which isn't the case with public transport.
However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that teenagers now get free bus travel and discounted Tube fares. I could've done with that a few years ago!
(I suppose pun intended)
At any rate, if you take more than 2 buses per day then getting a monthly bus pass/travelcard is cheaper.