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22.3.11

"PARASITES" * UK - Cost Londoners £75m

Boris Johnson slams the fare-dodging

London,EN,USA -The London Evening Standard, by Dick Murray -18 Mar 2011: -- Boris Johnson today accused Tube and bus fare dodgers of being a "parasitic scourge" on London as figures showed the problem has got worse... The cost of fare-dodging rose to almost £75 million last year, up £5  million from the previous year... At least 120,000 passengers are known to have "dodged" their fare and Transport for London believes many hundreds of thousands of journeys are made each year by people with no valid ticket... "Fare dodgers are a parasitic scourge on this city costing London millions of pounds," said the Mayor as TfL announced a clampdown on cheats, with more plain-clothes ticket inspectors and police operations. Inspectors and uniformed staff will target specific areas and routes with British Transport Police and City of London Police... Mr Johnson also said that one of the main reasons he was phasing out "the dreaded bendy buses" was because "they made it far too easy for people to avoid paying"... Bendy buses have Oyster card readers by the rear doors and passengers do not have to pass the driver when boarding...

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