In addition to threatening Sunday buses (are they already gone?) in Cranfield we now learn that the concessionary bus pass scheme will no longer apply before 9.30 am (Times and Citizen 16 Dec) . This is another blow to the elderly population in Cranfield - mobile library going - and elsewhere as they see their quality of life eroded to pay the dane geld (sorry bankers' bonuses and demands of the bond market) while others (Philip Green and Vodaphone) squirrel away millions from HMIC.
Clearly the elderly can't be allowed out before 9.30 am.
I attended the users consultation referred to in the Times and Citizen article. The facilitators didn't let up until they had got the group to 'vote' on whether buses should be for either economic activity, access, or leisure etc. Thus giving the council justification for saying certain types of transport were a lower priority.
And did they ask if we thought restricting passes was a good idea or did we think ending Sunday buses was a great idea? Of course they didn't.
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