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Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal DemocratsCampaigning for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham |
Local Lib Dems Back One Hour Bus Ticket Campaign
May 26, 2009 12:00 PM
Originally published by Merlene Emerson - Your First Choice for London
Originally published by Merlene Emerson - Your First Choice for London
Merlene joined Euro Candidate Dinti Batstone and Lib Dem London Assembly Transport Spokesperson Caroline Pidgeon to launch a campaign for one hour bus tickets for London bus users at Hammersmith bus station.
The scheme, which already exists in other European cities, would allow passengers to switch from bus to bus within an hour for a fixed cost of just one ticket.
"We can already switch from Tube to Tube on the same ticket so it makes sense to allow people to do the same with buses" explained Merlene. "During times of recession, every little bit helps, as they say!"
Under the proposed system the one hour bus ticket would allow passengers to touch in with their Pay As You Go Oystercard and have 60 minutes in which to make additional bus journeys without further deduction. Figures released by TfL indicate that an estimated 16 % of bus journeys on Oyster 'Pay As You Go' involve using a second bus within 60 minutes of the first.
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