All kids to pay the same bus fare

Good that the government got on board…

Seems a fairly fair fare.

This seems fare…

Oaks Estate residents have been waiting for a long time to achieve a simple, transparent and consistent approach to bus fare prices – pricing and easy access to a system that does not penalise or make it more diificult to what other ACT residents have.

The Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher in a former capacity went along way to cutting through the issues (cross border, differing serivice providers, intertia etc) in 2010.

However in 2012 Oaks Estae residents are still encountering iissues with the ‘arrangement’ and look forward to having these issues resolved. This would mean that our (limited) bus service would be more easily accesed and with fare parity.

It would also mean parents of children who would be eligible for free bus travel eleswhere in the ACT would be given access to the same travel entitlement that is available to other ACT residents.

Though given 52% of Oaks Estate residents are in ACT Housing assets and many are on low income having to first fund the considerable cost difference and then seek a reimbursement is likely to be a further unaffordable financial burden.

Given that the service to Oaks Estate is so limited, it is also critical that the scheduled bus arrives as per the posted time, not leaving children and fare paying adults, stranded on the literal edge of the ACT.

Cheap said :

What’s the bet they’ll simply raise the prices for everyone else to match those for Oaks Estate residents

Unlikely, last time I checked, the Deanes fair was considerably higher than the ACTION equivelant.

What’s the bet they’ll simply raise the prices for everyone else to match those for Oaks Estate residents