A transport body has backed the Government’s plan to cap bus tickets as a measure to help curb the rising cost-of-living.
Transport for the North has welcomed a potential bus fare cap which it says will make a difference as ticket prices are rising above the rate of inflation.
The plans to cap the tickets include Cumbria, where many journeys cost more than £2.
They said: “This week, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps put forward plans to cap bus fares at £2 per journey for 12 months.
“This could provide some welcome relief against inflation with bus fares rising above the rate over the last decade.
“This fare cap would have been affordable at pre-Covid passenger numbers with an average operating cost of £1.58 in England outside London in 2019/20.
“Lower bus fares could disproportionately benefit people on the lowest incomes, who take on average around three times as many bus trips than those on higher incomes.”
The transport body said that households earning under £10,000 per year take the most bus journeys on average at 113.
