Thank you to everyone who signed and supported my petition against the Mayor of London’s plans to scrap daily travelcards. Earlier this week I wrote to Sadiq Khan setting out the strength of feeling against these plans and urged him to reconsider and retain the daily travelcard.
We know these proposals would significantly increase the cost of travel to and around London. Comments received also show the impact it would have on commuters, students, patients, pensioners, and families. A number of comments also highlighted the confusion over the inconsistency of claims to prioritise improving air quality while increasing the cost of public transport.
It was truly shocking to read of the impact these proposals will have.
It would mean we would need to go without essential every day items to afford to travel to work.
This would catastrophic for my daughter as this is the only way she can afford to travel to work under the flexible working arrangements she has
The more expensive and complicated it gets the less I will travel. Meaning the world i live in will get smaller and smaller.
I will not be able to get to London monthly to see my son.
This will mean an increase in cost for me to travel to the Chelsea and Westminster hospital for treatment. I travel from New Haw so this will have a huge impact for me
as someone who travels through London every week to visit a family member in a care home the financial impact would be great: I currently purchase a one day travel card with a senior railcard. The alternative would be to drive and therefore the proposed ULEZ extension would affect me
For visiting relatives and people in hospital it will force me to use my car much more often. I have a small car which falls under the threshold for ULEZ payments so this would be more cost-effective than buying different tickets.
Please please please do not scrap the One Day Travelcard!
While the Mayor did not run a formal public consultations, I have highlighted these and more to the London Mayor and urged him to take account of the views of public transport users and the wide negative impact this would have.
Pensioners who will no longer be able to afford visits to London; commuters who may have to go without essentials or leave their jobs to afford the cost increase; patients who will struggle to afford to attend hospital appointments; students who would struggle to attend their London courses; relatives who will struggle to visit loved ones; and families who will have to miss out on educational trips due to high costs.
It cannot be right that the Mayor of London can have such a financial impact on those in and around London without even the need to consult.
In addition to opposing this fare increase, I will also be looking into ways we can hold the Mayor to account more effectively for the decisions he is making.
