Unemployed too skint for bikes - with free bus pass they can look for work

[poppet2]

Getting on the bus for one stop is just lazy. I doubt anyone pays £2.20 for it. People who get free travel might but its still lazy.

 

Aren't there any hills in Sheffield?

[Isabelle]

Getting on the bus for one stop is just lazy. I doubt anyone pays £2.20 for it. People who get free travel might but its still lazy.

 

I agree, unless the person has mobility problems. Unless you are lucky enough to catch a bus straightaway, it would be quicker to walk. I even resent having to pay £1.40 for 3 miles on the bus, which I could easily walk, but it takes me an hour.

[pottedplant]

Aren't there any hills in Sheffield?

 

Yes ........but one stop thing was in relation to London! People up north must be made of sterner stuff.

[WeX]

Yes ........but one stop thing was in relation to London! People up north must be made of sterner stuff.

 

one stop in London can be infinitely more complicated to walk than it is in a little town like Sheffield.

[sheff1johnny]

Because the taxpayer will be footing the bill, yet again!!

 

the bus companies are paying for it, as an incentive for young people to get into work. SHOCK HORROR taxpayer isn't paying, don't CHOKE, its no JOKE so do you'r research and don't make untrue statements.

 

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Some info about the pass, and why its needed, and remember its only a one month trial

 

How will it work?

Job seekers who have access to the scheme will be entitled to make unlimited journeys on almost any local bus service run by Arriva, First, Go-Ahead, National Express, Stagecoach, Trent Barton, Kinchbus, Blackpool Transport, Cardiff Bus, and Network Warrington where fares are under the control of the operator. However, the scheme is not valid on some routes and services operated by these companies such as most of their longer-distance coach services and airport bus services. Details of participating bus companies and routes is available at http://www.busforus.co.uk.

 

Passengers will need to be eligible for and possess a valid JobCentre Plus Travel Discount Card in order to benefit from the scheme. They will need to present their JobCentre Plus Travel Discount Card to the driver, and carry it on them when making journeys on participating bus routes.

 

The initiative runs for the calendar month of January 2013 " Tuesday 1st January to Thursday 31st January inclusive. Greener Journeys estimate the scheme will cover over 70 per cent of all bus routes in England, Scotland and Wales.

 

Why bus travel matters to job seekers:

 

The new scheme follows the publication of research recently carried out for Greener Journeys by the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) at the University of Leeds that shows buses contribute £64 billion to the British economy every year. This research shows that:

− 1 in 10 bus commuters would be forced to look for another job if they could no longer commute by bus.

− More than 50% of students are frequent bus users and depend on the bus to access education or training.

− An estimated 400,000 people are in work or in a better job because of the availability of a bus service, equating to £400 million additional gross value added (GVA) per annum.

− 25% of bus commuters have turned down a job because of a lack of availability or frequency of bus services.

− Half of bus commuters said they believed access to a better bus service would give them access to a better job and 400,000 people believe they are in a better job because of a bus service.

− 2.5m commuters require a bus to get to work and a further one million use them as back up to other modes of transport.

− More than 50 per cent of businesses surveyed rely upon bus services for recruitment and retention, while one fifth of businesses consider the bus to be central to their business operations.

[Bonjon]

the bus companies are paying for it, as an incentive for young people to get into work. SHOCK HORROR taxpayer isn't paying, don't CHOKE, its no JOKE so do you'r research and don't make untrue statements.

 

---------- Post added 13-12-2012 at 12:29 ----------

 

Some info about the pass, and why its needed, and remember its only a one month trial

 

How will it work?

Job seekers who have access to the scheme will be entitled to make unlimited journeys on almost any local bus service run by Arriva, First, Go-Ahead, National Express, Stagecoach, Trent Barton, Kinchbus, Blackpool Transport, Cardiff Bus, and Network Warrington where fares are under the control of the operator. However, the scheme is not valid on some routes and services operated by these companies such as most of their longer-distance coach services and airport bus services. Details of participating bus companies and routes is available at http://www.busforus.co.uk.

 

Passengers will need to be eligible for and possess a valid JobCentre Plus Travel Discount Card in order to benefit from the scheme. They will need to present their JobCentre Plus Travel Discount Card to the driver, and carry it on them when making journeys on participating bus routes.

 

The initiative runs for the calendar month of January 2013 " Tuesday 1st January to Thursday 31st January inclusive. Greener Journeys estimate the scheme will cover over 70 per cent of all bus routes in England, Scotland and Wales.

 

Why bus travel matters to job seekers:

 

The new scheme follows the publication of research recently carried out for Greener Journeys by the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) at the University of Leeds that shows buses contribute £64 billion to the British economy every year. This research shows that:

− 1 in 10 bus commuters would be forced to look for another job if they could no longer commute by bus.

− More than 50% of students are frequent bus users and depend on the bus to access education or training.

− An estimated 400,000 people are in work or in a better job because of the availability of a bus service, equating to £400 million additional gross value added (GVA) per annum.

− 25% of bus commuters have turned down a job because of a lack of availability or frequency of bus services.

− Half of bus commuters said they believed access to a better bus service would give them access to a better job and 400,000 people believe they are in a better job because of a bus service.

− 2.5m commuters require a bus to get to work and a further one million use them as back up to other modes of transport.

− More than 50 per cent of businesses surveyed rely upon bus services for recruitment and retention, while one fifth of businesses consider the bus to be central to their business operations.

 

Maybe you should do your research - http://www.newstank.co.uk/headline-news/free-bus-rides-for-unemployed/04256/

[sheff1johnny]

End of day, even if gets a few people into work it has to be a good scheme, in truth this scheme may be cheaper than letting the job centre staff getting paid extra money for the adminstration of paying fares to the interview.

[blues1]

And of course that's what it will be used for!

 

If my unemployed son gets 1 he will be using it to see his dying grandad in hospital which he cant at the moment(what a crime):gag:as well as looking for a job.:

[sheff1johnny]

Whats it matter if its used to do other things aswell, as long as people go to interviews? In Sheffield were lucky, our bus fares are cheap, but its not the same nationwide

[Bonjon]

Whats it matter if its used to do other things aswell, as long as people go to interviews? In Sheffield were lucky, our bus fares are cheap, but its not the same nationwide

 

Because it costs the taxpayer to give every unemployed person a bus ticket. Fair enough claiming travel back for valid job searches, but if its for anything else then your dole money should be used (or borrow money from relatives etc.).

 

Why should the tax payer fund your travels?