London one hour bus ticket campaign launched (Lewisham Liberal Democrats)

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London one hour bus ticket campaign launched

April 27, 2009 1:43 PM

Duwayne Brooks, Jonathan Fryer, Pete Pattisson, Caroline Pidgeon and Tom Brake promoting the one hour bus ticket

Cllrs Duwayne Brooks and Pete Pattisson joined Euro candidate Jonathan Fryer, London AM Caroline Pidgeon and MP Tom Brake to launch the campaign

"It's time for a one hour bus pass," say local Liberal Democrat councillors Pete Pattisson and Duwayne Brooks who helped launch a campaign to persuade the London Mayor to introduce one hour bus tickets.

Cllr Pete Pattisson said, "You can already switch from tube to tube on the same ticket, so it makes real sense to allow people to do the same with buses. It really is unfair that people who use Oyster pay as you go have to pay a new fare every time they change buses.

"One hour bus tickets already operate successfully in Paris, Rome and Brussels. It is now time London caught up and gave bus users a fair deal.

"One hour bus tickets would also make bus travel very attractive to a lot of people who often don't use the bus at present. One hour tickets could even lead to a shift away from people using their cars for short trips and help to reduce congestion across London."