It’s ironic that the man who presides over TfL, Boris Johnson, uses public transport so little.
Perhaps that’s why so many of his election promises on transport are running even later than the number 4 bus.
The latest example, highlighted by my colleague Caroline Pidgeon, is the rollout of Oyster cards to overground train services. The theory is that Oyster is your passport to all public transport in London. In practice, with many rail services excluded, it’s not. Outer London commuters have to juggle two or more tickets to get to work, while inner London residents get caught out when trying to use Oyster on rail services. It’s a mess. And at present, despite Boris’ promises, we’re likely to be hosting the Olympics before it’s sorted out.
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More on this story from Jo Christie-Smith, here: http://jochristiesmith.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-broken-promises-boris.html