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Really? £1.40 will get you from Lewisham to Newington Green if you're prepared to take a bus[1]. By comparison, back in my lovely hometown of Plymouth, a two a
by tragic 12y ago
Really? £1.40 will get you from Lewisham to Newington Green if you're prepared to take a bus[1].
By comparison, back in my lovely hometown of Plymouth, a two and half mile bus hop will set you back 3 quid. (Fortunately, the taxis are cheap.)
London transport, for what you get, is great value. And it's definitely better than any other big city I've had the pleasure of visiting. Londoners moan about it, but then no matter how efficient or economically enticing, an urban mass transport system will always be associated in the mind with
hellish rush-hour commutes, and thus a germane subject for grumbling.
[1] http://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/21 http://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/21
- dasil003 12y agoYou're right about buses being cheap if you can get a direct route. However during peak periods that will potentially take hours, easily 2-3 times as long as cycling. I also agree the value of London transport is excellent, but I'm just saying it's not cheap. Especially if you are looking at tube/train/tram/bus transfers it starts to add up shockingly fast. Even with a travelcard I'd be paying £141.40/month which is just too much to swallow when I only have a 6-mile commute and arrive in the same amount of time as the fastest tube. Plus with the crowds, disruptions, strikes, "persons under a train" and other random commuter trauma I just can't say enough good things about cycling in London.
- makomk 12y agoIt's cheap compared to the rest of the country. Outside of London it's barely worth thinking about taking buses even if there's a direct one. Hell, I've taken a bus that literally dropped me on the doorstep of where I was going and regretted it - the bus was so irregular it'd have been quicker to walk and the tickets overpriced.