• ‘We’d be stuck without it’: elderly Woking residents face loss of key transport

    ‘We’d be stuck without it’: elderly Woking residents face loss of key transport
    Council set to cut back Dial-a-Ride service after speculative spree led it to bankruptcyAngela Rayner: Tories’ council fund is cynical pre-election sticking plasterWhat are the cost pressures facing English councils?Barnet council’s ‘Graph of Doom’ now looks prophetic“When I was a child I caught polio, and I can’t walk to the bus stop and I can’t stand at the bus stop, so this door-to-door service, it’s just so necessary,” says Annabel Marsh
  • Off-peak tube and rail fare trial to start on Fridays in London

    Off-peak tube and rail fare trial to start on Fridays in London
    Three-month scheme to try to tempt back passengers since Covid lockdowns will begin in March Transport for London will trial lower off-peak fares on Fridays on the tube and rail services in the capital to try to tempt back passengers who have stayed at home since the pandemic lockdowns.Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said the trial would begin in March and last for three months. Continue reading...

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