[access-uk] Re: Free off-peak national bus travel?
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:13:25 -0000
Yes Kevin, you may well ask why we're waiting two years! Well, by then an
election should be on the horizon so maybe it'll catch a few voters?
Only other reason I can think of is delaying spending the money, especially
as the budget had a lot to say about efficiency savings etc.
What anoys me is what appears to be a not unusual lack of joined up thinking,
especially when you consider the push in the 'back-to-work' emphasis of
Government social policy. You would think that obliging people to pay
£250.00 out of a low wage to get to work wouldn't actuly encourage people to
err, get to work.
Ray
Personal emails: Email me at
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----- Original Message -----
From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: 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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