Great news. This and the availability of apps to track how far away the next bus is are addressing two major obstacles to people using buses. And as demand increases, so will the viability of additional routes or more frequent services.
Good but with the current state of busses especially in the North it still feels too expensive
I haven’t lived in london for a couple years… didn’t it used to be capped at £1.50?
This is excellent, last year bus to work used to be £8.50, the train was £9.20 so usually I’d get the train, now it’s £2 and £10 so you do the math(s).
Good, why not just find a way to keep it capped like this for the foreseeable future. People aren’t suddenly going to be better off come October.
It’s a good scheme, the inaccessibility of bus ticket prices is a huge pain to be honest. I wouldn’t mind seeing this scheme continued.
Why do they keep it as a temporary thing to keep extending? Make it permanent, then people might plan larger behavioural changes around it as a permanent thing. No one is getting rid of their car because a bus is £2 for a few months. If the bus is going to remain at that price then it suddenly becomes a lot more reasonable to get rid of the car and save that expense.
Thing is British governments seem to love helping the car industry, so I would be rather skeptical that they would actually try and do something beneficial.
I nust wish shorter journeys were cheaper than £2. It doesn’t make sense to pay the same for 5 stops and 30 stops.
It’s almost like increasing fairs is what was killing bus usage.
I welcome this however, in my area atleast, they have cut the bus quite a lot since the strikes and the £2 cap.
Greetings from Germany where our monthly travel costs have been capped at €49, and that entitles you to use every train, bus or tram as much as you like. The only exception is you can’t use the high speed intercity trains. its incredible!
Would be great if they extended this to include trams.
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Great news. This and the availability of apps to track how far away the next bus is are addressing two major obstacles to people using buses. And as demand increases, so will the viability of additional routes or more frequent services.
Good but with the current state of busses especially in the North it still feels too expensive
I haven’t lived in london for a couple years… didn’t it used to be capped at £1.50?
This is excellent, last year bus to work used to be £8.50, the train was £9.20 so usually I’d get the train, now it’s £2 and £10 so you do the math(s).
Good, why not just find a way to keep it capped like this for the foreseeable future. People aren’t suddenly going to be better off come October.
It’s a good scheme, the inaccessibility of bus ticket prices is a huge pain to be honest. I wouldn’t mind seeing this scheme continued.
Why do they keep it as a temporary thing to keep extending? Make it permanent, then people might plan larger behavioural changes around it as a permanent thing. No one is getting rid of their car because a bus is £2 for a few months. If the bus is going to remain at that price then it suddenly becomes a lot more reasonable to get rid of the car and save that expense.
Thing is British governments seem to love helping the car industry, so I would be rather skeptical that they would actually try and do something beneficial.
I nust wish shorter journeys were cheaper than £2. It doesn’t make sense to pay the same for 5 stops and 30 stops.
It’s almost like increasing fairs is what was killing bus usage.
I welcome this however, in my area atleast, they have cut the bus quite a lot since the strikes and the £2 cap.
Greetings from Germany where our monthly travel costs have been capped at €49, and that entitles you to use every train, bus or tram as much as you like. The only exception is you can’t use the high speed intercity trains. its incredible!
Would be great if they extended this to include trams.