The Mayor of London has launched a half-price bus and tram travel scheme for people on income support - so if you're eligible, then make sure you make the most of it. It means that with an Oyster card you will get a bus journey for 50p.
Cynics might point out that it's yet another push to get everyone onto identity, ooops, sorry, Oyster cards, whether they want one or not. They might wonder how many of those eligible will actually take up the offer or if it's just a very cheap way of getting publicity for Ken ahead of the elections next May. They might ask the question as to why, if Ken feels strongly about this, it applies only to buses and not the tube.
But let's just celebrate the Mayor's generosity instead.
3 comments:
how comes you explain what is it but not how to get it. i have an oyster card but i do not know how to change it to one that it for people on income support. at the moment i am still paying a pound for the fair because no-one will tell me how to claim it.
You just need to click on the link in this blog post and it takes you straight to the TfL page with all the details.
To clarify the eligibility factor for this reduced fare scheme, those individuals who are in receipt of "Income based Jobseekers Allowance" are not eligible, even though they receive the same benefit amount as income support.
The New Deal discount travel scheme is possibly available but only to those who are actually on a New Deal training couse/ programme. Most who have experienced such a course would rather walk, than waste their life to fund a private sector initative that achieves nothing of value for the actual jobseekers.
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