One thing I just noticed the mere fact Tyler is learning about other countries makes him definitely not a typical or average American 😂😂😂

Driving a car in London? We'll give you a wave as we walk past. 😂

"Oh - the Overground, to go with the Underground!" Hands up all of you who instantly thought "Wombling free!" She missed the south London trams around Croydon...

I must say that the novelty of sitting front seat at the top NEVER wears off

Surprised she didn't really mention the Rail Network (not just Overground and DLR). For South London in particular its the quickest way in and out of London Centre. There are 334 Rail Stations in London vs 270 Tube Stops, so a huge part and very efficient partof the transport network

Top deck of the bus never gets old.

I’ve never seen so much excitement over a bus

Hi Tyler, what isn't mentioned here is the Oystercard, which are plastic cards valid from 1 day upwards, and which permit unlimited travel by bus, underground, overground and some national rail services within specified zones. Zone 1 is Central London and includes all of the main-line national rail terminals as well as most of the areas that most tourists wish to visit; and if you imagine a circle drawn in the middle of a map of London (obviously there are specific boundaries), that's the area you can travel within. Zone 2 is a larger circle that contains the whole of zone 1; and a zones 1 and 2 card is the least number of zones you can purchase... This allows unlimited travel by the same means within and between both of these zones. If however your accommodation happens to be in zone 3, because that is a little cheaper than it would be in the Central area; you'd buy a Zones 1,2, 3 card; and have unlimited travel within those three zones - and so on, up to maybe 6 or 7 zones; which are concentric circles that contain all of the others. While these zones are all concentric circles, some of the higher zones will be specific areas, that are usually situated in one of the counties that are not London Boroughs and therefore, with different transport funding arrangements. Within the zones covered by your particular card, you also get unlimited travel on river bus services - except that these may be discounted, rather than completely free. The same goes for the cable car, which is in a specific zone. If you live and work outside of zones 1 and 2, and never travel within zones 1 and 2, it is also possible to get cards for only the zone(s) that you regularly use. There is also a 90-minute bus transfer facility, whereby you may for example, begin a long journey by bus in zone 2 that requires you to travel through zone 1 and out the other side to zone 3, and then change to another bus route to reach your destination in zone 5. Providing you make the change within 90 minutes of when you board the first bus, travel on the second bus is also included in the same fare, for one-way journeys. There are posters in all stations and symbols on bus stops to indicate which zone you're in and which zones you need to purchase to complete your journey(s). It sounds complicated but is actually quite simple... Now, what if I tell you that despite the famous tube map suggesting otherwise, the underground or tube lines DO NOT cover the whole of London - and that two-thirds of their total lengths aren't actually underground? Only, both of these are true as the outer ends of most lines do surface outside zones 1 and 2; and as they were built as independent companies that were all competing for the same business; the majority of the lines run much closer to one another than the tube map suggests? This is quite important in Central London as it is often quicker to walk or catch a bus to a nearby station on another line! There are only a few tube lines south of the Thames, including much of the so-called Northern line; because the soil there is much more difficult to drive tunnels through than it is north of the River Thames... However, in such areas where the tube does not go, there are plenty of railway lines that run on the surface that might include the Overground, but which are certainly not limited to it - and unlimited travel to and from and between all of the stations on the other surface railways that fall into any of the zones is also included on all the trains that stop at those stations, irrespective of the operator of the line(s). We should also add that while driving private vehicles remains an option, fewer and fewer roads within zones 1 and 2 are accessible to private vehicles and even access and unloading times are restricted, usually to just the night and early morning hours. A congestion charge is also payable across a wide area; and clean air zones mean that there are further penalties for non-electric and diesel vehicles, as well as most of those more than just a few years old! Most of the roads that are not accessible by this means remain accessible to buses, taxis and cycles, however!

The reason she mentioned that not many tourists use the Overground trains is because most tourists tend to visit Central London and the 'sights'. I always think of the London Transport System as a 'spiders web'. Those threads that move out from the centre are the Tube Lines, while those threads that go around the web (like concentric circles) are the Overground Lines. So you may be in North East London and want to go to North West London, but to go by Tube you must go into the centre and then back out from the centre. But the Overground may be quicker, less hassle and only be a few stops going 'around North London'... Easy Peasy! 😎

Boris Johnson took all the credit for the introduction of bikes calling them Boris bikes. When Infact it was the previous London mayor who brought them in.

I grew up in London, now live in Reading, which is a large town/small city just outside London. Our buses in Reading are fantastic, £4 gets you unlimited travel all day, on the whole Network, they're air conditioned, have free WiFi on board, and USB charging ports. The central train station is only a 20 minute ride from Central London, and drops you at a major station that's on the Overground, Underground, and London bus Network. I'm a professional driver, but on my own time I rarely drive.

I am surprised that she did not mention that there are ways for buses to whizz through heavy traffic: lanes on the city streets dedicated to buses which other traffic is not allowed to use so bus travel is quicker than using a car.

I personally never use the river bus, but I have a friend that lives in Central London, but works in Canary Wharf (which is the business district in the East End with all the skyscrapers). He takes the river bus to work in the summer as it's more pleasant than taking the tube

Here in Portugal we have the same plus trams, riverboats/ River taxis, funiculars, elevators and ascensors. Tuk Tuks (or electric ones I call them zoom zooms), electric (golf like) karts and electric stand up scooters.

In regards to the River Bus (formerly known as the ‘Thames Clipper’ now ‘Uber Boat’), I can almost guarantee the audience is tourist (non-Londoners + internationals), however us Londoners still use it from time to time. I’ve found it great when a new friend comes to the city as a mini treat for them to see London by water, or if I happen to be visiting friends in Greenwich and then need to get back to central quickly, which is faster and more scenic. Its not cheap but also wouldn’t say crazily expensive at £6.50/$8.25

There are now 272 London Underground stations. There are also over 300 national rail stations in London serving local services and that also enable you to travel to all parts of the UK by changing trains at one of the many big London terminal stations. Also in South London there are tram services known as Tramlink centred on Croydon and running to Wimbledon, New Addington, Elmers End, and Beckenham.

The reason we have such good public transport in the UK (well, good in London, not so great anywhere else...) is that we don't have the same Car Lobby as you have in the US. The car manufacturers do NOT want people to use public transport (or walk of course) so it's hard to do so as they finance the parties not to encourage or facilitate it :)

There are electric bikes now, they are a new introduction the last few months. If you want to ride longer than 30 mins, just dock your bike within the free 30 mins, and take a new one out. It resets your 30 mins and it’s free again. I’ve never paid more than the £2 daily charge.

I ride buses regularly and if I’m on a double decker I’m up the top ! Cheap, my favourite is tube. London is built on the river Thames so it is used frequently. The cost is relatively small. Buy an Oyster card and you can change between different types of transport.

I commute across London for work: Bus - DLR (Docklands Light Railway) - Overground (can also get the underground at this point but is more stops & on another platform). The cable cars actually go from a place that lots of people care about, the O2 at Greenwich, concert arena, cinema,restaurants, pubs,bars, clubs etc.

Good Reaction and we had hoped to have used "open deck" Red Buses but The Bus Companies said they could only afford to pay the driver so they are only used for Tourist Buses. All the large Red Buses fleet are only opened by the driver and they only let you on or off at designated stops. In the freedom we enjoyed, in the 1960's1970's we could hop on and off anytime(like in heavy traffic and I got on endless buses while they were at Traffic Lights to get me to work, etc. Over 60's get FREE London Transport(other than River Bus which only account for one journey in 1,000 every day). In 69 years,I have only ever waited more than 10 minutes on 2 occasions on the magnificent Underground service.

London is divided into 9 zones that start in its historic centre. Most top attractions are found in zone 1 and 2. Travellers will find Heathrow Airport in zone 6. When you buy a single journey ticket for the Tube, you have to know what zone your stop is in and what zone you're going to.

The trains on the underground run fairly frequently often 4-5 minutes apart so waiting for the next train usually isn’t too long.

Properly speaking,Tube lines are deep steel-lined cylindrical tunnels, with close-fitting narrow trains, whereas older Underground lines such as the Metropolitan, District and Circle are full size and run wider trains in cut-and-cover tunnels just like subway lines in the States. The whole subway system run by Transport for London is called the Underground, though many people think of it as "the Tube".

Tyler. Over my working life as a Telecomms Engineer I’ve worked in New York, Italy, Amsterdam and obviously the UK. New York was the only place where having a rental car was a must. Yes, there were buses and Metro but the practicality of using public transport on Staten Island was just not practical. In Italy and The Netherlands it’s the opposite. In Italy I had the choice of Metro, buses and trams from where I was living to where I was working, and it wasn’t expensive and it was quicker. The same in Amsterdam. The railways in Europe were an option also in commuting. The longest time I was in one place was 4 years in Amsterdam. From there I could fly anywhere internationally direct with KLM and loads of other airlines. By rail, apart from easy access to virtually all towns and cities. International rail to anywhere in Europe, including London (via the Channel Tunnel). Here in the UK I live in a small group of commuter villages just 12 miles from the capitol, Cardiff. I can get buses every 20 minutes to Cardiff and my nearest railway station is just 2 miles away. Because my village is on the intersection of two important bus routes we have a bus station, both routes drive through the local hospital so taking a bus there for outpatient visits is practical. As a pensioner the Welsh local government (The Senedd) has decided that I am entitled to concessionary bus travel for free. All bus routes, other than Express Routes, are free. Scotland, England and London have similar schemes.

London is huge ! It’s often not appreciated how big it is. If you drive right across it will take around 2 hours !

More than 50% of the London Tube network actually runs above ground. It's really just the main central area where all of the lines are running underground. A lot of the tube lines run right out into the suburbs. There have also been a couple of new stops added to the network since that video was made.

There is also trams in the south of london

What needs to be understood is,,,LONDON covers twice the area of NEW,YORK. LONDON IS 600 SQ,M ,,, NEW YORK,,,, 300 SQ,M .

Hi Tyler. You mentioned seeing Electric Scooters, but they are relatively new in the UK in the past couple of years. However, they aren't legally allowed in the UK yet; they are being trialled in some designated cities across the UK to see how viable they will be as a transport option. Otherwise, out of these Trial cities, they are illegal to operate except on Private land, but unfortunately, lots of retailers have sold them and the users ignore the rules which has led to issues with accidents and more seriously, their use has been linked to spikes in street crime in London and other major cities. The Government are studying how useful these will be, but it's being considered that if they do come into everyday use, they'll have to be licensed, riders will have to wear a helmet and have insurance, just like a motor bike. As for the Double Deck bus, there are varying types in use in London, ie, those made by various manufacturers. But London's buses, both as single or Double decks, have to meet specific build rules and regulations as set by the Transport Authorities which are different to other parts of the UK . Double deck buses are very common around the UK. In fact, the major Bus Builder in the UK is Alexander Dennis Group who build the majority of the UK's Double Deckers, plus have expensive Export markets around the world, especially into Germany, Switzerland and other parts of Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong and other areas of the Far East, plus have opened up lucrative markets in the USA, where they are finding favour with operators of commuter routes where High volume capacity vehicles are required, eg, in New York and in California.

The river boat on a sunny Summer's day is such a joy. Take it down to Kew Gardens and spend the day ambling round their amazing features.

Take a look at Jay Foreman, looking at London's Tram service. We used to have trams (streetcars) and trolleybuses in London too but even though they would now be environmentally friendly, the last of them was phased out over sixty years ago. I can just remember a trolley bus near Stanmore in north London as a three year old?

London Underground, better known as the Tube, has 11 lines covering 250 miles and serving 272 stations. The Tube handles up to five million passenger journeys a day. At peak times, there are more than 543 trains whizzing around the Capital. Baker Street is one of the oldest stations, opened in 1863. There are 40 disused stations, tube and overground that are closed.

The bikes she tried are NOT electric they are traditional pedal powered. They are still called "Boris" bikes by lot of people because Boris Johnson was the Mayor of London who first introduced them. The underground is not just underground, about 40% actually runs above ground. Its mainly just around centre of London where its mainly underground.

Tyler has obviously never been to New York - where driving through the city is as crazy as driving through London! PS: We also have double decker buses in towns as well as the major cities!!!

The double decker bus I used to get to school as a kid, used to have a periscope device pointing down towards the driver so kids could watch the driver drive. That was the best seat on the top floor when I was a kid 🥰 I haven't been on a double-decker in nearly 20 years so I have no clue if they still have it on them.

The cable car is good for visiting the O2 (Dome) for concerts etc...and there is ALWAYS room for 1 more in a tube carriage!🙂

There are double-decker buses outside London too, let's not forget that. And by the seaside you'll have open-top buses as well (as they do in all major cities). And you do have double-decker trains over there, which we don't! And unless you enjoy spending a journey with your nose in some stranger's armpit, and if you have time, you can always let trains go by and hope for something quieter. I came out of a concert at the O2 the other week and the Jubilee line coming out of London was so crowded I let five trains go by before I got on one. I missed a couple of my network trains home but I wasn't in a hurry. I really like the cable car. It goes surprisingly high and the views are amazing. There may even be a complete round trip video on a channel near you. . . . 😉. . . or near me. Is that hint enough? If you do get to London, take the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) out to Greenwich. The driverless trains will take you right through the financial district (where she hired the bike), under the Thames, and let you out at my very favourite place in London.

As stated in the Vid there are 272 tube stations in London. But they do not cover all of London out of the 32 boroughs (think New-York districts) there are 5 that do not have a single tube station and I live in one of those.

The DLR (Docklands Light Railway) is pretty cool. If you didn't notice, she was sat at the front and there was no driver. Sometimes a driver will get on and open the box at the front, where there are controls, but they're generally driverless. When the tube is very busy (particularly the Central Line). The canny just take a seat. Trains are every 3 minutes, so why fight to get on?

There is also Tramlink south of the river. These Trams run across part of south London from Wimbledon in the South West and from Beckenham in South East London. I used to live near London Bridge and occasionally as a treat took the RiverBus to the Embankment near where I worked. There is though quite an interesting traditional Train route built in the 19thCentury from Waterloo East to London Bridge which snakes past buildings so close you can almost touch them. The whole part of this part of the route is raised on arches and across bridges which adds to it's appeal. After leaving London Bridge these commuter trains go out of the city to the surrounding counties. Generally though for my short journey I just hopped on a bus or in the summer just walked 20mins along the riverside to the Southbank. I was lucky to have that option.

There is also the London Eye - but you can only get a return ticket

There are several connected by seperate rail systems in London The underground which mainly connects the central arad together and then goes out in spokes to various suburbs The overground which mostly connects more distant suburbs and also makes it easier to get around London without going through the centre. The Elizabeth line which is an east west line that runs right through the centre but also out to nearby towns and cities outside London. Most useful for tourists is that this serves Heathrow Airport regularly reliably and reasonably cheaply National rail which is mostly for getting from London to somewhere else but many lines (especially south of the river) serve the outer suburbs too The trams which are concentrated on Croydon (a major suburb) The DLR (light metro that serves the new financial district mainly) And people don't care too much if they can't fit on the first tube train, there is normally another one no more than 2-3 minutes later (many lines run as often as every 90 seconds!)

A large proportion of the Underground network is actually above ground. There are also 272 stations on the network now as they've opened a new section of line.

I use the river bus to go down to Greenwich on the weekends. It's such a lovely experience.

I was working in London during the rail and bus strikes in the late 80s, used the riverbus to get to work.

A point that I didn’t hear her mention is that the Tube maps are slightly misleading because the distance between stations on the map are not proportional to the actual distance travelled and therefore you can’t use the map to estimate the time needed to travel to various locations. Also worth noting that several stations have platforms on more than one line and some share locations with stations on Main Line or Overground systems. Finally take note that sometimes you will find that the trains are not running at some stations due to maintenance issues and the network have to run buses/ coaches as a replacement service, which can also cause major issues for people who have an agenda for the day.

3:15 The double decker busses is quite small. They are not tiny, but smaller than they look. There is very little space on the bottom floor. Firstly the driver take up quite a bit of space, then the engine, and also the 4 wheel bays. And then are the handicap bay and all the dorrways. WIth that there is really just a hand full of seats or so at the bottom. Pretty much if you are a standing passenger, you stay down, if you are sitting you go up. The downstairs seats is mostly for elderly people. Also its much calmer on the top floor 5:25 in sweden, specially so on Stockholm and Göteborg. water-busses is way more common, and they are typically part of a day ticket (so you pay like €10 and use public transport a full day). There are some places (mostly in Göteborg) where the only way there is with a water-buss. No bridge, no cable-car, no helicopter. Just water-buss, only way to get there (Apart from private boat of cause) 5:50 In the olden days most cities had zones, but nowadays its mostly just London (posibly paris, have not been) that have zones. So most other cities in Europe, as long as you are in one city, you can travle how ever long time the ticket lasts. In Germany they don´t even have city limit. So you can travle with city transport to the next city over, and actuallty cross the whole country with city transport (while its torture.. so i would not recommended it). 7:55 Electric bike typically mutiply your efforts on the pedals. Typically there is a 0.5x factor, that just helps a little, a 1x factor that is the typical factor that makes you twice as strong, and 2.0x factor, that basically makes you super man. Most of them have a 250W limit, and that is about the power most normal humans peddle. So the 2.0x factors is usually best used if you want to take it really easy and have the bike just propel you along. Those rent bikes are common in some other cities also, and the one i seen have a phone holder and a charger, and you use the bike app on your own phone, and get your phone charged at the same time 15:00 cablecar public transport is really not that uncommon.

Really liked this one. Thank you for reacting to this Tyler. SUGGESTIONS: You said a few videos ago that you never really thought much about what's outside London. You have done quite a few of the 'best towns to live in', but I do not believe you have reacted to the '10 Beautiful Towns to Visit in England' and '10 Beautiful Towns to Visit in North England' - both are made by Lifestyle Hal It will give you a chance to see some of brief glimpses of our countryside.

Both times I've been to the US, people over there have been shocked that I would walk somewhere. The first time in Orlando our hotel was about 1/2 mile from a supermarket so we walked there. The look of shock on the face of the assistant who offered to carry our shopping to our car when we told them we didn't have a car because we walked there was priceless. The second time in Washington DC I arrived at my hotel about 1/4 mile due South of the Capitol and decided to explore the city. I walked up to the Capitol, then along the National Mall past the Washington Monument, reflecting pools, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam War Wall and down to the Lincoln Memorial. Then up around The Oval and round the White House perimeter. I had dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill, then a beer in a bar just North of the Capitol and back to the hotel, a total of about 5 or 6 miles. When I went to get my key and explained the lovely walk, the concierge was shocked I had walked all that distance when I could have gotten a cab.

On a visit to the US some years ago, there were two absurd things of note. First, I could see a shopping mall from my hotel window in LA, but had to walk along roads with no sidewalks to get to it. Second, in Dallas, I had to walk through a drive-through bank to get some cash. I probably broke some jay-walking laws on both occasions.

FYI Zones: Central London is Zone 1. Other zones are concentric rings around the centre, all the way out to Zone 6 in the outer suburbs. Travel within 1 zone is cheapest.

River buses are commuter transport and also a great way to see London from the River Thames, which really peaceful, traffic free and beautiful views of riverside London which you wouldn't see in 1 day on foot because of the distances covered. London is a big very busy traffic -full city and river buses are really brilliant!

I haven’t been into London central for ages, this video is reminding me to take a trip up to London again. I’m miles away in Cornwall so I’d have to drive up to Surrey, park up my car at my in-law’s house, then get the train in from Surbiton. I’ve driven in London, a few years ago, like maybe 6 years ago, & ooo la la it was just crazy. I used to drive into London in the ‘80’s & early ‘90’s a lot & it was easy enough, from Surrey but now with ULEZ & the zones where you have to pay it gets complicated. In the old days all I had was my London A to Z as well to drive with! Now everyone has Sat Nav or Google maps. If you’re not a local Londoner, driving in London is like an art form in itself. 😆 I appreciate the cabbie’s skills in that respect. I could of course take the train or bus from Cornwall up to London, the night train could be a bit of an adventure with a sleeping coach. I’ve done the cheap bus thing to London before, (the Megabus), but that goes everywhere & takes sooo long! The National Express buses are better in that regard. Now that I’m turning 60 this year I think I’ll take more advantage of all the cheaper travel that’s available for 60 & overs. Only Scotland & Wales give you free travel from 60, & London central. The rest of us in the uk have to wait until 66, the state pension age. Sorry, for the spiel but you got me thinking Tyler! 😅

I know someone who uses the Riverbus for his daily commute to work. He has his morning coffee on it too.

Underground trains, ('The Tube') Overground trains, Ordinary trains (surface trains) Trams, DLR (Docklands Light Railway - automated _driverless_ trains, above ground, and often on overhead tracks), Buses (both single _and_ double deckers) The cable-car, River buses (Uber) And river boats: leisure tours, Biking, Cabs: black cabs, (not always _actually_ 'black'!), Uber cabs, (Mini cabs), And, even _Walking_!! London is very accessible, if you want to get around it. Prices range according to distances travelled (& which zones you're travelling in, or are being crossed: Inner London: 1, 2, 3, to Outer London: 4, 5, 6).

They have exactly the same bikes and docks in parts of the bay area, just the paint job is different. London now also has ebikes in the system also, but they are considerably more expensive to hire.

Mini cabs were the route I took the most. I worked at Cafe de Paris in london for 5 years every Saturday. Would get a cab home for £28. Then Uber came about and was £25. I lived in Epsom for reference, in Surrey. Now Uber is about £60 back there and most cabs won’t even go that far now. I’ve called before and they’ve said nope! We don’t go south of the river. Eh 😢

Love your videos. 😀 Quick bus price update: it's £1.75 now. Fun fact: you can change how many buses you want within one hour without paying more than the initial £1.75 price 😁🚌⏳

You can see more walking or on public transport. When you drive you have to watch the road. We make DD buses down my way in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, if you want some!

As a local, you don't squeeze yourself on the tube if you don't need to.. They are generally every 2-6 mins so not long to wait fir next one, and only at certain times are they that packed you need to let some go by. Some areas are covered less by the tube so the overground and DLR (Docklands Light Railway) are really useful. Driving in London is not something you wanna do unless you really need to. Parking is expensive, congestion charge applies. Now with ulta low emissions policies, it also depends on the type of car you have. Definitely recommend tube bus DLR and overground. Once you get used to the design classic that is the tube map you will find it easy to navigate.

I used to get the uber boat 4 days a week to my office. Took me longer, but was such a nice journey and I ended up making life long friends from people that used to do the same commute. GREAT TIMES. My god, I miss London - Best city in the world after Lisbon and Buenos Aires!!

Yes, we have the e-scooters now to hire, alongside the bikes

The novelty never wears off ☺, always head for the top deck. It's such great fun.

My niece regularly takes the river bus in London. She lives 100m from the south bank of the Thames, her work is 100m from the north bank of the Thames, a couple of miles downstream. It’s airy, cheap, there’s virtually no traffic… makes sense

double decker buses are all over the UK not just London I live up the north east and I get on that bus every day 👍🏻✌🏻

Tyler, here in the UK buses, including double-deckers, are common all over the country, even in smaller towns , while single decked buses are available almost everywhere. Electric bikes AID the rider, they do not replace them. Any large riverside city in Europe will have some form of transport along/across the water. From Tudor times the boats were the first taxis. Going by water misses the cramped crowded streets. Much of the tube system is actually above ground. Then the regular cross country trains going from the many London stations stop in the suburbs in all directions. The DLR is separate from the tube, it is limited to the eastern part of the city, as part of the modern developments. The tube trains run all the time so you don't have long to wait between trains. It's public if lt doesn't belong to the user. Then there are black cab taxis & Ubers.😅

The Tube is excellent. You can get within 5 minutes walk of anywhere. It is very easy to use and a train arrives every 2 or 3 minutes normally, no long waits.

There are 6 main transport zones (there are more than that) that start at zone 1 which is roughly 5 square miles of central London. Londoners don't squeeze on rush hour tubes as they run every 2-3 minutes at rush hour. Bus is the cheapest form of transport. I can get 2 buses into central London for £1.75 with the hopper fare (as many buses as you can take in an hour for 1 fare) but it would take me at least 1 and a half hours...maybe 2 hours. Or walk 5 minutes to the tube that can take 25 minutes for a fast non stopping one.

As a Londoner, and a geek at London's public transport, if I recreated the video of her showcasing the transport, my video would be 2 hours long lol

My city, in UK, has double decker buses and many of them. Black cabs in London are expensive. We, also have electric scooters for hire. People hire them then park it at their destination, waiting for the next person. You see them everywhere. London has underground, overground and driverless railway.

I work for the Company who makes the Uber boat, just finishing the sea trials on them, they go so much faster than they do in london, a nice experience if not very loud

Whenever I go to London or it’s more inner areas, I’d 610 times walk to my destination or 3/10 times catch the train and if push came to shove 1/10 times catch a bus, but for the most parts walking is just easier since it’s cheaper not to own a car since parkings typically a nightmare and if you’re in the city center it’s just faster than waiting hours on end in traffic, since in London we have bypasses and underground passages allowing us to for example walk underneath the London bridge allowing us to cross to the other side of the road without having to stop the flow of traffic or be a danger to any pedestrians, all the while you can also cross the bridge via a walkway on either side, and again I can walk in from one underground entrance to another and simply bypass all of the roads and traffics again making walking a far more ideal form of transportation, not to mention our roads are more flexible and flowing as well as smaller, unlike the US which has much broader roads and is more grid shaped vs the more free flowing nature of most European cities

We love the river bus, the few times that we use public transport from Surrey to London with our 3 kids we chose to go by train and then swap to the river bus to get further into town. We don't go to London more than once or twice a year at best so it's a treat to travel by river... We also have a hybrid car so usually travel in via car 😊

I live very close to an underground station in Greater London. If going into London, I would get the underground for 2 stops, get off, and walk 5 steps to get the overhead. This was either 2 or 4 stops depending on what overhead came first. From there, things were either walking distance or had lots of different underground lines to choose from. If I had stayed on the underground from my station, it would take a lot longer to get into London

I'm surprised she didn't mention the DLR is completely automated they don't need drivers. Sure sometimes you might see an operator at the controls but not often.

I used to river Taxi for a few years getting to & from work . Very relaxing watching all the sights go past . All the good stuff is very close to the oldest thing in London ,,,,,, Yes The Thames ,,,,,, No Trains or lorrys 1500 years ago . No traffic jams . The boat is the one for me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Kind Regards

Sometimes I'll take a tube to Westminster, hop onto a river bus and go down to Greenwich...check out the Cutty Sark, stroll around Greenwich market, then through Greenwich park itself....go up the hill past the observatory...then out of the park and over Blackheath and down to the rail station for a train back to central London ( either Charing Cross or Victoria ) then either a bus or the tube back home :-)

Lived in London for 10 years (2006-2016) and can count on one hand the times I've had to wait for the next train on the Tube. Besides, they're every two minutes! The bus, on the other hand... there were many times when I was commuting to work that the bus went straight past because it was full.

top tip for the tube, move towards the ends of the platforms, people are lazy and won't walk away from the entrances, so the end coaches tend to be less full

Trains on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) don't have drivers even in the ATO (Automatic Train Operations) kind of way. Instead, they have "train attendants" or "captains" who travel on the train but move around inside it rather than sitting at the front. The train attendants are all qualified train drivers and sometimes they can be seen sitting at the front driving the train. They do this to keep up their minimum hours of driving in order to maintain their driver's qualifications. Another feature of transport in London is elderly people can travel for free.

That 'overground' service is owned by Richard Branson, the man whose business empire started with two record shops and Virgin records. Mike Oldfields 'Tubular Bells' album (theme music for The Exorcist) started his fortune.

London zones; if you visit London don't book accommodation in zone one, it's bloody expensive. Zones two and three are cheaper and as long as you make sure your digs are near a tube station you can be in central London in half an hour. Try to avoid the tube during rush hour (roughly 0630 to 0900 and 1600 to 1800).

She missed out the tram, but it only serves a small area of south London through Croydon and Wimbledon and doesn't go into central London.

What's so unusual about a river bus ? They've had ferries in NYC for ages.

The River Bus is relatively new, they were started to help reduce road traffic.

A 2 mile journey to work on a bus would cost about £1.65 but you can get a weekly or monthly pass which cuts that cost by up to 40%. If you use the bus every day it is damn cheap and you can use the pass all day, 7 days a week. The West Midlands pass(my area) allows you to travel up to maybe 60 miles and you can get combined train/bus passes.

The above ground trains were there before the underground... makes sense when you think about it.

On the tube that's only at peak times i've been able to get onto a train every single time, there is also aircon on some lines especially the elizabeth line and subsurface ones like the circle district etc but the Piccidilly Line is due to have new stock by 2024-25

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) actually has driverless trains.

It's not only London. I live in a small semi-rural village in Yorkshire. I have never been allowed to drive due to epilepsy but we still have several buses per hour going in every direction. Transport is rarely an issue.

I like the tube the best because it's generally fast and quite direct to get where you want, it does get horrendously busy depending where you are and what line you need, I have been on the dlr before a few times.

We also have Uber cabs. Plus the most famous and slightly pricier ‘black cabs’ that London is more famous for.

River bus are common in London and also in Paris, France.

Great video, to be fair although Im English I dont visit London that often and had no idea there were cable cars and I would also have expected the River Bus to be more of a tour experience rather than something you might use for practical purposes. Obviously the buses, bikes, trains (under & overground) were not a surprise for me but I love your appreciation of the things we take for granted regards public transport.😁

The train referred to is actually known as the DLR, which is Docklands Light Railway ... we don't call it an 'overground' train!

The TUBE is small bore tunnels with small carraiges and the UNDERGROUND has larger carraiges and is not as low in the ground

Unfortunately she forgot the trams which operate in parts of south London. She also did not mention that when you reach your Oystercard 'cap', transportation is free.

The river was once the preferred method of transport, especially for the well-to-do. The King still has a barge, though it's only used for pageants and the like. When the roads improved, the royal watermen were kept on and can still be seen in major royal processions like the coronation. They're the ones walking beside the royal coach wearing wellies.

Most towns have double decker and single decker buses. We have special bus lanes for buses only.