#busnatter

#busnatter The Mayor is introducing a Weekend Hopper fare in the summer. It means you'll only pay one fare to ride buses and trams all day. But it's only for six weekends (25 July - 31 August) But also Bank Holiday Monday, so better than that But that still only makes 13 days of actual savings But what a great PR stunt, making bus travel more affordable But bus fares are already capped (at three fares daily) But that's £1.75 × 3= £5.25 so not necessarily cheap But basically all this does is save £3.50 (i.e. a coffee) But if you used it every weekend you could save £45 But nobody actually makes unlimited bus journeys every day But it is green and skewed towards less affluent Londoners But it's hardly "a whopper of a deal", it's peanuts But children already travel free on buses anyway But don't gripe, any saving can only be a good thing But what a waste of scarce public funds this is But they reckon it'll only cost the Mayor £20m But why are they announcing this now, it's ten weeks…