One hour bus ticket campaign launch (Chris Nicholson)

One hour bus ticket campaign launch

April 23, 2009 4:16 PM

Lib Dem campaigners with giant one hour bus ticket Credit: Pete Pattisson Chris Nicholson, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Streatham, helped Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon launch a Londonwide campaign to persuade the Mayor to introduce one hour bus tickets on Wednesday.

At the busy Vauxhall Bus Station passengers were provided with information about the new campaign and invited to sign a petition.

Chris said:

"With no ready access to the tube in our area, many local residents need to change buses to get around."

"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 make bus travel very attractive to a lot of people who often don't use the bus at present. Anything which leads to a shift away from people using their cars for short trips and helps to reduce congestion across London is to be welcomed."