The promised efforts of London’s mayor Boris Johnson to “bear down on travel costs” are having little effect, it seems.

All his bearing down during his 6 year tenure has resulted in the cost of a Zone 1-6 Travelcard increasing from £1,779 in 2008 to £2,288 today, a £509 increase of 28.6%, or an above-inflation increase of nearly 5% every year.

Keep up the good work Boris, for your good friends at Transport for London that is……….