South Gloucestershire’s new youth concessions bus pass – ‘Youth Unltd’ – has been officially launched. South Gloucestershire Council has been working with the Youth Parliament and local schools to promote the new pass giving students discounted bus travel. This is a flagship scheme to give greater freedom to young people in the district and South Gloucestershire Council has invested £1.2million
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Work to widen the roundabout where junction 1 of the M32 meets the A4174 Ring Road has been completed as part of the Greater Bristol Bus Network scheme. The roundabout layout between the A4174 and the M32 has been altered to provide an additional lane for all vehicles in order to reduce congestion and speed up the flow of traffic.
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative transport chief has revealed that the authority is considering legal action after Ministers confirmed a larger than expected cut to the district’s bus budget. The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed its intention to cut funding for free over 60s bus travel by £390K from April 1st. This is £50k more than the £340k funding cut
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A youth concessionary fares trial gets underway in South Gloucestershire as the first passes are handed out to pupils at Marlwood School. South Gloucestershire Council is running the trial of a new youth concessions scheme giving discounted bus travel to those in full-time education or training who are between 14-18 years old, offering half adult fare on all evening, weekend
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative transport chief is urging residents to petition the Prime Minister to drop government plans to slash the district’s bus budget by £340,000. The funding cut is proposed as part of plans announced by the Department for Transport (DfT) at the end of 2009 to change the distribution of funding for the national concessionary travel scheme for
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative transport chief is reminding residents that they have seven days to respond to Government plans to slash the district’s bus budget by £340,000. The funding cut is proposed as part of plans announced recently by the Department for Transport (DfT) to change the distribution of funding for the national concessionary travel scheme for the 2010/11 financial
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Conservative councillors have slammed the Government after it revealed plans to slash South Gloucestershire Council’s bus budget by £340,000. The funding cut is proposed as part of plans announced recently by the Department for Transport (DfT) to change the distribution of funding for the national concessionary travel scheme for the 2010/11 financial year. At £340k, this is the biggest loss
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The X27 bus service is to be extended for the long-term after a successful ‘Use It’ campaign. As part of an initial council-funded 6 month extension, South Gloucestershire Council has been running a high-profile ‘Use It’ campaign since May to build up patronage on the X27 service in an effort to maintain an important bus link between the communities of
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