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On the 28th of October 2024, the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) remarked that bus fares are to rise to £3 in 2025. This is around 30% increase compared to the 2024 bus fare cap which was around £2. As BBC states, the £3 cap will cover most bus journeys in England and run until the end of 2025.
In 2024, Mobilityways conducted a census to analyse commuting sustainability. The 2024 Commuter Census indicates that the government policy to maintain a bus fare cap of £2 has increased the number of people who use buses in their daily travel. Therefore, one can predict that raising the fare cap from £2 to £3 may negatively affect commuters’ decisions to use buses. In addition, it will affect individuals’ and families’ income.
Comments on the BBC’s article show mixed feelings but largely indicate that many readers are worried about the increase of bus fare cap during the rising cost of living. Few comments taken from the BBC’s article:
Duckey said:
Cheaper bus fares encourage bus usage and get cars off the roads and busy town centres. A 1 GBP increase is 50%. Another kick in the teeth for rural folk.
Master Chief said
If you have to catch the Bus to work each day and back again, the new Price Cap would mean paying an extra £10 every week and that assumes one does not need to catch more than one Bus. That is at least £40 more every month and probably more for those that need to catch more than one Bus every day
Ratrunner said:
Most people want to be paid as much as possible! But honestly, bus drivers have a much harder job: dealing with the public, navigating roads with parked cars and junctions, keeping to the timetable as best they can with congestion etc, and unlike train drivers they have to actually steer the bus!
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