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19.09.07 -� Bus concessionary fare scheme unjust, says Community Transport Association
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According to the Community Transport Association, the concessionary bus fare scheme in its present form is discriminatory and should be extended to cover more flexible services such as dial-a-ride. Although the scheme offers free travel on buses, elderly and disabled people often have to pay to travel to access shops, leisure and health centres as services do not meet their needs.
John MacDonald, the Community Transport Association’s Scottish director has called the present situation unjust.
"At present, the concessionary fares scheme is seriously flawed because it only extends to conventional bus transport, not to the community services run mainly by voluntary groups, which provide transport to older or disabled people who can't walk to their bus stop. As a result, Scotland's oldest, frailest, and quite often poorest people are forced to pay for their essential travel while the rest of Scotland's older population enjoy the benefits of free bus travel throughout the country," �he said.
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