[Travel] £2 cap on bus fares from October.

[South west gull]

Excellent news in the cost of living crisis

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[Dave the OAP]

Wow. Even on our hideously priced busses?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Short-term scheme, from October to April only.

Good idea though. Hope it is extended.

 

[birthofanorange]

I assume that the government will be reimbursing the bus companies for this, or are they expecting them to fund it?

 

[Swansman]

Sounds like crazy good stuff. As someone using busses almost daily I would love a similar initiative over here. Would be good for the environment, to avoid traffic congestion, saves people money etc. Public transport needs to be the future but that will only be the case if it is cheap.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Blimey. Very good idea. Sounds like a Boris policy to me, that cannot be right!

Will await details and hope that it covers all bus operators as our local bus company does not receive much if any subsidy from the local council.

 

[Acker79]

How helpful will this be? I haven't seen the details does it prevent obvious options for working around a cap: no city savers any more, no central fair, £2 per bus journey, if you need two buses to get somewhere, you have to buy two tickets. Full price both ways, no return tickets that are cheaper than two individual journeys, reduced services and routes so the 49 will get you to the old steine, but you'll need to get the 7 if you need to go to Sackville road creating two bus journeys where before one was enough. etc.

There has been an increase in people working remotely, reducing the number of people using buses and thus reducing the number of people 'benefiting' but also adding to the strain on the bus companies that encourages them to work around it.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Wow. Even on our hideously priced busses?

€2.60 down to £2 is decent. Tho if it gets paid for by less frequent services, I'd rather pay the extra 60p cheers

 

[Brovion]

Blimey, does that mean my bus in the morning from Brighton to Uckfield will only be £2?

EDIT: And £2 back I suppose. Still, it's a bit of a saving.

 

[South west gull]

Blimey, does that mean my bus in the morning from Brighton to Uckfield will only be £2?

EDIT: And £2 back I suppose. Still, it's a bit of a saving.

Yes you can travel up to 80 miles for a £2 fare

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[Herr Tubthumper]

Blimey. Very good idea. Sounds like a Boris policy to me, that cannot be right!

More likely Rishi….he has a track record of pinching ideas from Germany.

 

[birthofanorange]

Yes you can travel up to 80 miles for a £2 fare

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Yes, but can you imagine travelling 80 miles on a bus?

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Couple of points, something similar is being tried around here which is reported to be central government funded and not local authority, plus there appears to be restrictions as to whether it's a local borough journey or one that takes you out of that borough you have to check with each bus operator.

 

[Weststander]

NSC’ers get free bus travel anyway.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

NSC’ers get free bus travel anyway.

 

[bobby baxter]

From October you say ?

Buses will be full of punters trying to keep warm.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

How helpful will this be? I haven't seen the details does it prevent obvious options for working around a cap: no city savers any more, no central fair, £2 per bus journey, if you need two buses to get somewhere, you have to buy two tickets. Full price both ways, no return tickets that are cheaper than two individual journeys, reduced services and routes so the 49 will get you to the old steine, but you'll need to get the 7 if you need to go to Sackville road creating two bus journeys where before one was enough. etc.

There has been an increase in people working remotely, reducing the number of people using buses and thus reducing the number of people 'benefiting' but also adding to the strain on the bus companies that encourages them to work around it.

But apart from that, you're fully in favour, right?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yes, but can you imagine travelling 80 miles on a bus?

Last time I traveled on a bus you could smoke on the top deck.

 

[Bob!]

Excellent news in the cost of living crisis

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National? Not just Brighton and Hove?

 

[birthofanorange]

Last time I traveled on a bus you could smoke on the top deck.

Ah, the good old days.