Boris Johnson has announced a raft of fare increases which will see a single Oyster Pay as You Go bus trip increase to 90p plus higher costs for bus passes and season tickets. Overall fares will increase by six per cent in 2009.
Boris Johnson was in West London this morning to launch a consultation on the future of the Western Extension of the Congestion Charging zone.
A majority of residents in Hammersmith and Fulham want the western extension of the congestion charge axed, according to a poll carried out by the local council.
Boris Johnson will today confirm the scrapping of proposed by predecessor Ken Livingstone which would have seen higher polluting cars pay a higher charge for driving into London.
The second phase of London’s Low Emission Zone came into effect this morning meaning lorries over 3.5 tonnes, buses and coaches driving in the zone must meet an emissions standard of Euro III for particulate matter to avoid a daily charge of £200.
Ken Livingstone’s leadership of the Capital was endorsed earlier today by Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe at a press conference at Labour HQ.
One London party leader Damian Hockney has warned London’s drivers that his party is the only mainstream party committed to defending the rights of London drivers and to end the war on the motorist.
Commentators have expressed shock and disappointment at the low turnout of each of the two London Mayor elections so far staged. Assembly candidate for the One London Party Damian Hockney has told them before that they shouldn’t be surprised.