I am a bus driver and I can safely say that I will not challenge anyone regardless of how bad their behaviour. I don't get paid enough to "police" my bus. If you don't like a passenger's behaviour, then why not have the guts to do something about it yourself?

Mike, Bath, UK

What a truly wonderful idea. I have had a bad experience of this type of behaviour and it is indeed intimidating.

Good luck with this.

Ingrid Morgan, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Maybe Mr Johnson will extend this to banning food on public transport too. Stinking pies & burgers on trains & banana skins at the back of the bus are just as bad as the smell of someone else's beer.

Gary, Croydon, UK

Simpler regulation - copy the airlines. Only alcohol served by the carrier may be consumed.

Bus, Tube, DLR, trams don't serve alcohol. Mainline trains do, but then you have sales discretion - drunks won't get served.

Simplifies all the regulations - one simple rule.

Phil Payne, Sheffield,

Could someone please go show boris how to alter the height on his chair *holds head in hands*

huxley, Keighley, united kigndom

Well done Boris. Please can you stop eating on the tubes as well. And make spitting illegal.

Catherine, London, UK

What a waste of time money and resources. Smoking i understand, but drinking. Pointless.
Better off with an alcohol test before using public transport!!!

Dimitri, Dollis Hill, London

are bus drivers going to be issued stab proof vests and tazers ? I cant see any other way for thier unions to allow thier members to confront and physically eject drunken passengers. How many drivers will be stabbed in the first week of this new law ?

huxley, Keighley, united kigndom

I'm amazed that you could still drink on London buses!
That ban has been in force for a long time elsewhere.

Anthony Smales, Beverley, UK

It's very rare I see anyone drinking on London transport anyway.

It's a pointless policy. More about PR than changing London for the better.

Who the hell is going to enforce this new law? How stupid.

Dan, London,

Consumation of alcohol and be drunk in public should be offences in any public place. Cuts down on stupid behavior and people must take responsibility for their own actions.

Being drunk to any degree should also not be a defence, you consumed the alcohol knowing that it leds to drunkness.

Evans, nOTT'S, UK

Banning alcohol on public transport is not banning "unpleasant and antisocial" behavior. It is removing the peoples right to have a drink where they fancy. What should be banned and enforced IS "unpleasant and antisocial" behavior NOT alcohol. Most people are drunk and antisocial before they get on!

Richard, London,

>>Most of the BNP members who'd voted for Mr Johnson would welcome this move<<

What is your problem, Mohammed, if that really is your name? I'm delighted that something is finally going to be done about the revolting behaviour of drunks on our public transport. I certainly didn't vote BNP!

Phoebe Nixon, London,

Removed by whom? Certainly NOT the bus driver so I presume there will roving groups of enforcers? Or maybe not...hmmm

Mike Green, London,

Well done, this is a great idea! Whilst living in London it was very uncomfortable for people when cans of beer and cider were thrown from the train on to platforms, often splashing again peoples dress and then there was the issue of having stay on the same train. Not a good advert for London!

Richard, Bristol, UK

smoking whilst driving should also be considered... as well as using mobiles whilst driving... its such as dangerous and hazadarous.

jazz , london, uk

I don't see how this can work unless each bus has a "conductor" as well as a driver (like in the olden days!!)

It's far too much responsibility for the driver alone.

The Scribbler, Suffolk

Mai Clark, Woodbridge, SUffolk

Banning smoking, congestion charge rocketing, high price travel now banning alchohol on public transport? People need a drink just to cope with the shoddy service and prices. Is this a Nazi state or what?
By the way, I take offence to the poster 'Mohammed' suggesting BNP voters are boozers.

Mike, London, Broken

You need Police ON buses. A ban on drink does not stop the ganstas (nots spelling). They flout the law because they think they are hard and there is no deterant in this country to make people obey. No, people will not confront the people with drink on the buses either, FACT.

Mike, London, Broken

Of course it's welcomed.

I'm glad that Boris has already started to change things for the better. I look forward to seeing what he will be doing next.

Marie, London,

what a pointless policy.

when you get hassle on the tube or bus from a drinker, its 99% of the time when they have already done the damage by getting drunk in the pub or club beforehand.

this policy will change nothing.

Chris, East London, UK

Boozing on buses? this is a big problem?

The photograph looks like a picture of somebody having difficuity using a computer.

mitch, london, UK

Despite the fact that I am somebody who regularly enjoys the merits that alcohol can bring, all I can say is 'Thankyou Boris!'. It's about time measures were brought in to ensure that drunken idiots are stopped from inflicting themselves on others. Like me they should go to a pub or stay at home.

Glenn, London, England

If bus drivers etc can't stopdrinkers boarding their vehicles they should just refuse to drive. Even the most timid passengers would gang up on someone delaying their journeys. If stopped in heavy traffic the police or other drivers should be able to make their wishes known. Good Start Boris

B Harrison, London, Middlesex

God Lord! You're implementing your first promises so soon Boris? I'm impressed and truly glad that I voted for you! Finally we see some action. Thank you! I just hope you're as quick to get rid of the bendy buses because they are a nightmare!

Sarah, Crouch End, England

It's a very popular policy with the public, but totally unworkable on the ground. Boris will pour a ton of money and time into a policy that will make no realistic difference to anyone. But it sounds nice and I'm sure the large number of tube users in Henly think it's a tremendous idea.

Graham, London, England

"Boris Johnson launches anti-booze plan for public transport"

This is great news. Most of the BNP members who'd voted for Mr Johnson would welcome this move. lol

Mohammed, London, UK

Nice gimmicky policy which makes it look as if he is doing something, while totally failing to disclose he hasn't the money to spend on enforcing it. Criminalising it even means he doesn't get the revenue from any fines.

Les Richardson, Newark,

I would welcome such a ban, but I fail to see how it would be enforced.

Smoking is banned on public transport, yet if someone lights up on a bus, the driver will politely ask them to put it out. If they refuse, no further action is taken, since the driver is too scared to do or say anything.

Caroline, London,