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Archive for 09/02/2009
Bus fare shame
09/02/2009 by admin.
What on earth the Tory/Lib Dem “joint administration” of Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority is thinking of, I just don’t know.
They are obliged to administer free bus fares for over 60s but go further and give the pensioners tram and train travel as well. Fine in times of plenty.
But now there is a little budget balancing to be done so where do they look? The smug and often rich old folk who clog Manchester’s public transport all day?
No. They have decided to slap 10p on the concessionary fare, taking it to 80p and payable by every schoolchild who lives less than three miles from school.
Shame on you!
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