
Fares and Ticketing (FT)
Transport services are attractive. Technology will play a key role in improving these elements, with good use of ticketing options, concessionary fares, smartcard, and Real Time information technology.
While bus fares for commercial services and community transport fares are primarily a matter for the Operators of those services the authority is committed to working in partnership working with operators to keep fares as low as possible within commercial viability and consider mechanisms to reduce fares. We will also encourage operators to offer discounted fare products to help grow the overall passenger transport market and increase patronage.
Where funding is made available, we will also look to subsidise fares to reduce the current fares to make bus travel more attractive while encouraging patronage growth and modal shift.
The delivery objectives for Fares and Ticketing in this iteration of the BSIP and subject to funding are: