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Debate needed on tackling cost of concessionary fares says expert

23 July 2010
Concessionary fares: cost pressures
Concessionary fares: cost pressures

 

Options to cut the £1bn cost of free bus travel for the over 60s and disabled in England have been outlined by one of the country’s leading concessionary fares experts.

Andrew Last of consultant Minnerva told the Transport Practitioners Meeting in York this week that there were pros and cons with most possible changes to the scheme. But he added: “The most important step is to recognise that a debate is needed, and that the current position is likely to be increasingly...

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