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London as more than decent public transportation indeed, plus it has this rather extreme car policy we all know about (which by the way I am sure the super rich
by vidoc 10y ago
London as more than decent public transportation indeed, plus it has this rather extreme car policy we all know about (which by the way I am sure the super rich actually love!). The thing is, I've always wondered why public transportation is so outrageously expensive there. Actually, even with the Oyster card, the rates strike me as rather extreme. I'd love to hear a Londonese on this.
- crdoconnor 10y agoIt's partly because the underground is 154 years old, which carries with it its own set of maintenance headaches, partly because of the "public private partnership" programs from 2000s onwards that were set up as a means to extract money from the system and partly because they pay reasonably good wages.
- vidoc 10y agoDo most londonese share this feeling of mine that it's kinda expensive or this is just me being a bit dumb? :)
- ido 10y agoIt certainly surprised me as a tourist- for example Berlin's network is not much less extensive but cost a fraction to use.
- user5994461 10y agoThe other places I've been were not qualified of "expensive" because they had dramatic discounts for the privileged ones. e.g. student 18-25 age 10€ - worker 25-65 age 50€ - no work 25-65 free pass if you send a paper to request it.
- tobylane 10y agoThe parts run by the local government (Transport for London) are cheaper than or required to be the same as the private franchises organised by the national government. The TfL parts are far better, I think that even if they were the same price the vast majority would say TfL do better.