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Bendy buses, I knew there was something else I wanted to rant about.
They were such an easy target for BJ to go on some fucking ridiculous crusade about, wasting a shitload of money in the the process and contributing to the extortionate fare prices we have now. If the buses were the problem, how is it that better-run cities like Berlin can get along fine with bendy buses, and Zürich, one of the cities in Europe with the highest standard of living, can have buses with two bends?
And if they're so dangerous and he wants to rescue us poor cyclists, why the fuck do you allow even longer HGVs than before into the city.
Also, transport fares went down when Livingstone was mayor, I remember that well. If it's a question of budgeting problems that has made BJ so cavalier when it comes to cyclists' lives, why did he abolish the western extension of the congestion charging zone?
Everything he does is ideologically motivated towards cars and capitalism