One hour bus ticket
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One hour bus ticket is the name given to a transport campaign in London, U.K. Backed by the opposition Liberal Democrat
party on the London Assembly
, it seeks to persuade Transport for London
to introduce a time-limited bus ticket. Currently users of pre-paid Oyster Cards have to pay for each individual bus ticket that they purchase, at a cost of £1. Under the proposed scheme users will pay £1 for the first bus ticket that they purchase and then no further charge for any additional bus journeys within a fixed time, which is suggested as an hour.
This would mean a single journey from Walworth Rd, Southwark, to Oval Station, changing at Camberwell Green would cost £1.20. Under the present system this would cost £1.20 from Walworth Rd to Camberwell Green and then a further £1.20 to Oval Station, a total of £2.40 for a 20 minute journey.
Opponents include London Mayor Boris Johnson
, who claims that the system would be "complex and expensive" to introduce. However, Caroline Pidgeon
who chairs the London Assembly
supports the move, saying that "It really is unfair that people who use Oyster pay-as-you-go have to pay a new fare every time they change buses.”
The Environmental Transport Agency has commented on the scheme, saying "Public transport needs to be as easy to use as possible if it is to offer an attractive alternative to the estimated one million car journeys every day in London are less than one mile in length."
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
party on the London Assembly
London Assembly
The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...
, it seeks to persuade Transport for London
Transport for London
Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London...
to introduce a time-limited bus ticket. Currently users of pre-paid Oyster Cards have to pay for each individual bus ticket that they purchase, at a cost of £1. Under the proposed scheme users will pay £1 for the first bus ticket that they purchase and then no further charge for any additional bus journeys within a fixed time, which is suggested as an hour.
This would mean a single journey from Walworth Rd, Southwark, to Oval Station, changing at Camberwell Green would cost £1.20. Under the present system this would cost £1.20 from Walworth Rd to Camberwell Green and then a further £1.20 to Oval Station, a total of £2.40 for a 20 minute journey.
Opponents include London Mayor Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008...
, who claims that the system would be "complex and expensive" to introduce. However, Caroline Pidgeon
Caroline Pidgeon
Caroline Pidgeon is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly.-Political career:...
who chairs the London Assembly
London Assembly
The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...
supports the move, saying that "It really is unfair that people who use Oyster pay-as-you-go have to pay a new fare every time they change buses.”
The Environmental Transport Agency has commented on the scheme, saying "Public transport needs to be as easy to use as possible if it is to offer an attractive alternative to the estimated one million car journeys every day in London are less than one mile in length."