Bus pass petition...

EnPointe

Exodi said:

maman said:

westv said:

I'm a bit confused at to what the petition is about. 

At the moment, despite free bus passes being issued in all 4 countries and TfL, they aren't interchangeable.

 So if, for example, an English resident goes to Wales on holiday they can't use their free bus pass.

The petition calls for the bus pass to be valid across the UK. 

I'll probably make myself a bit unpopular here but... is it thattttttt big a deal?

I mean, how many times are (mostly) retired people going on domestic holidays within the UK (but outside of their respective home country) and simultaneously utilising local bus services while away. I'd wager most people could count this on one hand.

The benefit/cost we are talking about is probably less than £100 across a persons lifetime (of course I'm sure there's outliers who have family/friends in Wales (for example) so often travel back and forth of whom this would be a great benefit to).

Maybe I'll think it is a more serious issue when I reach my 60's, who knows.

exactly 

the twirly  pass has deciomated   socially necessary   public transport in much of  England in favour of  unsustainable  according to actual paying passenger count  headways on  routes from  boomer   suburbs 

Chris56000

. . .If I lived in Maryport in Cumbria and needed to get to Silloth 12 miles along the B5300 Coast Road with a Bus Pass, I would have to travel all the way to Carlisle and then back out to Silloth – there must be countless towns and villages where direct services are long gone and if any service exists at all it is once or twice (a week!) to the nearest large town or centre!

. . . Fortunately where I live in Walsall Wood now there are 72/74 weekdays, about 50 on Saturday and 25 on Sunday (the actual number timetabled varies slightly between winter and summer) number 10 buses to Walsall town centre (but as I'm 63 I'm not eligible for them yet they're not a lot of use to me yet!) – the only shops within reasonable walking distance are both very high priced and poorly stocked!

Chris Williams