Making it cheaperfor those that use it by charging those that don't is not my idea of useful. It has not made it any easier or quicker to travel around london by public transport. We were promised quicker travel. In my experience of London, for the most part travel by bus has grown longer in time on the same routes and I have no idea what the figures for tube travel are but it's clearly now operating way beyond capacity.
The fact is that if I finish work at 6pm in Central London I can leave for home on public transport or I can go to the pub for an hour and a half and still get home at the same time.
I'm not ignorant of public transport. It's simply not an option for me due to the amount of time it takes to get anywhere. Because it is cheaper for you does not in any way mean that the infrastructure has benefited from the congestion charge.
The idea was to free up roads and make journeys quicker. making it cheaper to sit on a bus longer is just taking the piss. Especially for those that don't sit on the bus.
(The fact is that if I finish work at 6pm in Central London I can leave for home on public transport or I can go to the pub for an hour and a half and still get home at the same time.
I'm not ignorant of public transport. It's simply not an option for me due to the amount of time it takes to get anywhere. Because it is cheaper for you does not in any way mean that the infrastructure has benefited from the congestion charge.
The idea was to free up roads and make journeys quicker. making it cheaper to sit on a bus longer is just taking the piss. Especially for those that don't sit on the bus.
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