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Post by southlondonbus on Nov 15, 2022 20:14:51 GMT
So its fine for those over 60 who are still working to get a free ride? Personally disagree it used to be 9.30am and everyone never had a problem with it. Can I shout age discrimination because I am in my 40s and the U16s and over 60s want free travel? why can't I travel free? I say that in jest but seriously makes you wonder how people managed before all this free travel! Sometimes think we are going in the wrong direction but hey.
Should the millionaires son be eligible for free travel? I agree if U16s and 60-OAP get it everyone should ... TfL making arbitrary concessions by age is making a rod for its own back. Surprised it has not had a legal challenge yet. It should just be given to those that are required by law to receive it - basically Freedom Pass holders. Yes but the law states a bus pass after 9.30am at age 66. Quite a bit different to London so they would not have much of a leg to stand on. |
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Post by SILENCED on Nov 15, 2022 20:18:14 GMT
Should the millionaires son be eligible for free travel? I agree if U16s and 60-OAP get it everyone should ... TfL making arbitrary concessions by age is making a rod for its own back. Surprised it has not had a legal challenge yet. It should just be given to those that are required by law to receive it - basically Freedom Pass holders. Yes but the law states a bus pass after 9.30am at age 66. Quite a bit different to London so they would not have much of a leg to stand on. Who would not have a leg to stand on? If one group is arbitrary given free travel before 9 or 9:30, how do you discriminate and say other age groups can't? |
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Post by SILENCED on Nov 15, 2022 20:29:09 GMT
Why should over 60s , not demand the same perks as the u16s. Whats fair for one is fair for the other. Blatant age discrimination, which is illegal. Under 16s don't get free travel on tube and national rail in the London area so it's not the same. Makes no difference, legally you are not allowed to discriminate by age ... what do you think TfLs aged based free travel policy is all about ... age discrimination. If they are going to offer free travel perks over and what is required by law, it can not legally be arbitrarily decided by age. Everyone should get the same perks, or noone. |
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Post by southlondonbus on Nov 15, 2022 20:30:59 GMT
Yes but the law states a bus pass after 9.30am at age 66. Quite a bit different to London so they would not have much of a leg to stand on. Who would not have a leg to stand on? If one group is arbitrary given free travel before 9 or 9:30, how do you discriminate and say other age groups can't? Forget I said anything then. |
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Post by SILENCED on Nov 15, 2022 20:40:18 GMT
Who would not have a leg to stand on? If one group is arbitrary given free travel before 9 or 9:30, how do you discriminate and say other age groups can't? Forget I said anything then. Let's .. the 2 russian missiles that have just hit Polish territory is far more worrying. |
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Post by southlondonbus on Nov 15, 2022 20:42:09 GMT
Forget I said anything then. Let's .. the 2 russian missiles that have just hit Polish territory is far more worrying. Absolutely. Far worse things happening in the world. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 15, 2022 22:56:33 GMT
What a joke this is. Free on everything after 9am and they are Still not happy. Should always have been after 9am to stop it being used by commuters. Why should over 60s , not demand the same perks as the u16s. Whats fair for one is fair for the other. Blatant age discrimination, which is illegal. But on your basis where does it stop? Someone in their 20's could then say they are being discriminated also. Or how about a 10 year old saying they are being discriminated by not being allowed to by alcohol, or go into a night club... |
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Post by ServerKing on Nov 15, 2022 23:29:39 GMT
Why should over 60s , not demand the same perks as the u16s. Whats fair for one is fair for the other. Blatant age discrimination, which is illegal. But on your basis where does it stop? Someone in their 20's could then say they are being discriminated also. Or how about a 10 year old saying they are being discriminated by not being allowed to by alcohol, or go into a night club... My Corolla self identifies as a bus and should be entitled to use the bus lanes  You can't appease every group, I do understand help for Pensioners and schoolkids getting reduced or free travel, but TfL's reckless spending such as leaving City Hall for new digs in E16, the Mayor's police detail and armoured cars, failure to keep an eye on Councils keeping main roads in good condition and free flowing (anyone living in Haringey will see how the area has ground to a halt since more LTNs brought in, plus unknown holes left in roads and a proliferation of temporary lights) as buses are getting slower and slower. I don't know if their talking shop did anything today that was held at Kamal Chunchie Way, I would have gone but got caught in traffic  |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Dec 3, 2022 22:04:51 GMT
TfL to find hundreds of millions in savings, plan suggestsTransport for London (TfL) will need to find an additional £600m a year in savings by 2025-26, according to its draft Business Plan.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63815631
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Post by southlondonbus on Dec 3, 2022 22:13:42 GMT
TfL to find hundreds of millions in savings, plan suggestsTransport for London (TfL) will need to find an additional £600m a year in savings by 2025-26, according to its draft Business Plan.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63815631 Something tells me now that consultation may emerge in the future in some forms. |
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Post by vjaska on Dec 4, 2022 1:44:51 GMT
TfL to find hundreds of millions in savings, plan suggestsTransport for London (TfL) will need to find an additional £600m a year in savings by 2025-26, according to its draft Business Plan.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63815631 Something tells me now that consultation may emerge in the future in some forms. Not necessarily as similar articles to do this mentioned that they may not be any further cuts needed so at this particular juncture, no one knows for sure either way. |
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Post by SILENCED on Dec 4, 2022 8:08:00 GMT
Something tells me now that consultation may emerge in the future in some forms. Not necessarily as similar articles to do this mentioned that they may not be any further cuts needed so at this particular juncture, no one knows for sure either way. Push it to after 2024, so no difficult decisions have to be made. Next mayor inherits a great steaming bowl of ... that is TfL. You would not want to be the next mayor, London will have been bled dry. Think Sadiq and Truss went to the same economics school. |
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Post by southlondonbus on Dec 4, 2022 9:30:54 GMT
Something tells me now that consultation may emerge in the future in some forms. Not necessarily as similar articles to do this mentioned that they may not be any further cuts needed so at this particular juncture, no one knows for sure either way. Tbh I only saw the BBC one. I did say that fare rises would be more like 4% despite inflation at 10% which atleast wouldn't be too bad. |
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Post by ServerKing on Dec 4, 2022 9:40:08 GMT
Looks like the new Piccadilly trains will be a lot shorter  as TfL adjusts to plummeting passenger levels  |
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Post by LD71YLO (BE37054) on Dec 4, 2022 9:56:47 GMT
Looks like the new Piccadilly trains will be a lot shorter as TfL adjusts to plummeting passenger levels To meet demand they'd have to run at least 5 a second! |
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