Local Lib Dems Back One Hour Bus Ticket Campaign

12.00.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 26th May 2009

Merlene joined Euro Candidate Dinti Batstone and Lib Dem London Assembly Transport Spokesperson Caroline Pidgeon to launch a campaign for one hour bus tickets for London bus users at Hammersmith bus station.

The scheme, which already exists in other European cities, would allow passengers to switch from bus to bus within an hour for a fixed cost of just one ticket.

"We can already switch from Tube to Tube on the same ticket so it makes sense to allow people to do the same with buses" explained Merlene. "During times of recession, every little bit helps, as they say!"

Under the proposed system the one hour bus ticket would allow passengers to touch in with their Pay As You Go Oystercard and have 60 minutes in which to make additional bus journeys without further deduction. Figures released by TfL indicate that an estimated 16 % of bus journeys on Oyster 'Pay As You Go' involve using a second bus within 60 minutes of the first. If you would like to sign the petition, go to http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/1hourbusticket .