One hour bus ticket

One hour bus ticket is the name given to a transport campaign in London, U.K. Backed by the opposition Liberal Democrat party on the London Assembly, it seeks to persuade Transport for London to introduce a time-limited bus ticket.[1] As at 2014 adult users of pay-as-you-go (on Oyster Cards) have to pay £1.45 per journey per bus (£1.50 from 2015) up to a maximun of £4.40 per day. Under the proposed scheme users will pay once to travel on buses for a fixed maximum time - such as one hour. Something similar operates in Paris, Rome, and Brussels.[2]

A single journey from Walworth Rd, Southwark, to Oval Station changing at Camberwell Green, being under an hour, would cost £1.45 instead of £2.90 (£1.45 per bus) at 2014 prices

London Mayor Boris Johnson, claimed that the system would be "complex and expensive" to introduce, and "would only benefit a small number of passengers as the majority of bus users in London pay for journeys using pre-paid season tickets or concessionary passes." [3]

Caroline Pidgeon who chairs the London Assembly says that "It really is unfair that people who use Oyster pay-as-you-go have to pay a new fare every time they change buses.”[4]

Commenting on the proposal, The Environmental Transport Agency said "Public transport needs to be as easy to use as possible if it is to offer an attractive alternative to the estimated one million car journeys every day in London are less than one mile in length."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Petition for Boris Johnson
  2. ↑ https://www.eta.co.uk/2009/04/24/one-hour-bus-tickets-proposed-for-london/
  3. ↑ BBC news article
  4. ↑ Article on Mayorwatch
  5. ↑ Environment Transport Agency
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