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Half-price travel on the buses ‘to benefit 10,000’
MP joins Mayor Ken to launch low-cost travel for poorest
MORE than 10,000 of Westminster’s poorest will benefit from half-priced bus and tram travel, Karen Buck MP has claimed.
The Labour MP for Kensington North and Regent’s Park met the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone to launch the scheme, helping people on income support, single parents, carers, the long-term sick and disabled people.
The discount will mean that those on the lowest incomes will pay only 50p for a single bus journey, half the £1 adult Oyster fare and a quarter of the £2 cash fare from September 30.
A single bus journey just 45p for those on income support.
The scheme follows an agreement signed earlier this year by the Mayor, Transport for London and Venezuelan Oil Company PetrÓleos de Venezuela Europa.
This provided a 20 per cent reduction in the price of fuel for London’s bus fleet, which will be passed on to cut fares for some of the least well off.
Ms Buck said: “I’m delighted that over a quarter of a million Londoners, including many thousands in Westminster, stand to benefit from this new travel scheme.
“For those on the lowest incomes, transport costs can interfere with many day-to-day activities that the rest of us take for granted, ranging from visiting friends to going to the doctor and doing the shopping.
“Families, carers and single parents will therefore value the extra support this scheme offers.” |
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