Everyone would benefit from a UK-wide all-mode travelcard

Further to Gordon Bell’s letter (LTT16 Feb), I am most certainly promoting a UK-wide multi-modal scheme using the latest smartcard technology open to the entire population.

Local authorities could choose to offer free travel to local senior and disabled residents in their area subject to agreeing a satisfactory deal with the affected operators. In practice I would expect only a few metropolitan areas and large cities would consider this option; most shire counties and small unitary...

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