The Riverboats will soon take Oyster!!

[exleper]

well I'm sold.

 

[London_Calling]

I'll take two.

 

[George & Bill]

a slower way of going what the District Line already serves

slower than the district line

 

[MorrisLDN]

That's good news as long as it's not too expensive.

 

[HackneyE9]

Excellent news.



This is the most sensible thing I've heard BoJo say yet. The river's potentially a great way of moving people about, and it makes sense to try and make greater use of it.

Except he's merely copying, in 2009, what every mayoral candidate in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 elections pledged.

 

[Roadkill]

Except he's merely copying, in 2009, what every mayoral candidate in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 elections pledged.

I said it was sensible, not original!

It does beg the question, though, why it's not been done before...

 

[jayeola]

Great! Much of the route into where I work has decent wifi coverage.

 

[ivebeenhigh]

this is one reason why i live next to woolwich arsenal pier

 

[_pH_]

Maybe after getting a cheeky beer from the bar (elsewhere, this is "illegal drinking scum" stuff ) then watch the London riverside roll by.

shhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Boris might hear!

 

[Citizen66]

A single trip on Oyster will be £4.50 according to the local tv programme.

Not if you get free tube travel.