Merseytravel has asked Andrew Last, a concessionary fares specialist with consultant Minnerva, to prepare a new concessionary reimbursement... continue

Bus operators in North Yorkshire and York face a cut of about 10% in concessionary fares reimbursement payments from June as the councils change how... continue

Gordon Bell, Richmond, Surrey TW10
Phil Goodwin identifies inadequacies with current bus design in that they do not fully meet his perceived need to deal with the demand by buggy users... continue

Scotland’s adults are having to pay higher bus fares because of the way the country’s national concessionary fares scheme for older... continue

Phil Goodwin
A person's underlying values are probably fairly robust to the ups and downs of personal circumstances, within reason, but what actually interests... continue

The Scottish Government is cutting the reimbursement rate bus operators receive for carrying concessionary passholders – but with transitional... continue

Metro, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, is bracing itself for difficult negotiations with bus operators over the next concessionary... continue

The Scottish Government this week rejected the City of Edinburgh Council’s request that the Government fund concessionary travel on the... continue

Councillors in Brighton and Hove have approved plans to give pedestrians and cyclists more priority at a notorious junction in the city. The Seven... continue

Hampshire County Council and Portsmouth and Southampton city councils are to procure a joint back office function to manage concessionary fares and... continue

Travel concession authorities in England outside London cut expenditure on concessionary travel by 5% in real terms in 2011/12, according to ... continue

London boroughs will spend £332m next year on concessionary fares reimbursement and administration, a 5% rise on this year’s expenditure.... continue

Andrew Forster
Highway authorities have been urged to ensure that they take account of DfT guidance in their decision-making following the recent High Court ruling... continue

Government underfunding of England’s national concessionary fares scheme could force transport authorities to make further cuts to tendered... continue

Concessionary fares reimbursement paid to bus operators in England for carrying seniors and the disabled fell 2% in real terms last year to... continue

Malcolm Bulpitt, Loose, Maidstone, Kent ME15
So, there are a lot of chickens out there heading home to roost. As John Dales reports (Transport in Urban Design LTT 09 Nov), those organisations... continue

The shortfall of £4.5m in Government funding for Norfolk’s concessionary bus fare scheme has been reduced by £1.2m after a campaign... continue

FURTHER?CUTS to concessionary fares grant and a failure to reform the way the grant is distributed will make the statutory free bus travel scheme for... continue

The Scottish Government is to increase spending on roads and railways but cut spending on buses over the next two years, according to the draft... continue

Lindsay Robertson
Smart ticketing is strongly supported by the Department for Transport, which has as one of its aims “delivering, with operators and public... continue