[access-uk] Re: Free off-peak national bus travel?
- From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:04:25 -0000
i'm in hampshire and up to now we had free bus travel within the county
anytime of the day. this is changing now to only within the particular
council borough you live in. still free though. also, i've just read the
budget summary on the BBC website, and it only mentions pensioners in
relation to this bus travel thing, no mention of disabled people at all. i'd
like to know also, why it's scheduled for 2 years ahead! 2 years? come on!
Kevin - owner of the blind gamers discussion list
contact me via email/msn:
kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:25 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Free off-peak national bus travel?
> We have a truly weird situation here in the West Midlands. The concession
> here is administered by a QANGO known as Centro. Some local authorities
> subsidise the Centro £250 full pass so that in Birmingham, well until
> recently, you paid just over 30 quid for West Midlands wide travel.
> Neighbouring borough Sandwell obliges its residents to pay the full £250
> whack for travel before 9:30. Other local authorities seem to come
somewhere
> in between.
>
> I guess those hit the hardest by the less generous arrangements of some
local
> authorities are the working low waged people who face another disincentive
to
> take up more lowly paid jobs, and that's probably the majority of the
> minority of VI people who do happen to be working but aren't paid very
> highly.
>
> Naturally those who fare worst under this scheme of things feel most
> aggrieved, but as with blindness related campaigning generally this
> complaining doesn't surface outside the pub and into a more concerted and
> articulate demand.
>
> Guess this is rather off-topic here, but whatever your feelings about
travel
> subsidies and concessions, people are bound, increasingly, to make
> comparisons with Scotland where the holy grail of free travel anywhere
within
> its boarders seems to have become a reality.
> Ray
>
> Personal emails: Email me at
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mel Spooner" <mel.spooner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> I will actually be worse off with this new scheme as I travel before 9:30
> in the mornings. They are replacing the half price pass I currently have
> with this off peak one.
>
> Mel
>
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