Sheffields free electric bus service

[Southerner]

Iamnotkloot said:

Not entirely sure how this fits under boats, planes and trains though?

Well there’s no Busw@nker thread, so….

[The Gauge]

Iamnotkloot said:

Not entirely sure how this fits under boats, planes and trains though?

It doesn't but coaches have been discussed on here before and I felt this was the most appropriate section to post in.

[GreatGranny]

I'm in the office in Sheffield tomorrow so I'll have a look.
Used to live there and they used to have 2p fares anywhere in the city years ago.

They also had bendy-buses that did a route around the city centre which was 5p I think.
Used to be fairly busy I seem to remember.

[The Gauge]

GreatGranny said:

I'm in the office in Sheffield tomorrow so I'll have a look.

Two routes to choose from

[Snow and Rocks]

GliderRider said:

In Scotland, under 22s and anyone over 60 with a Saltire card can travel free. From talking to some pensioners up there the buses are virtual mobile community centres. One chap was telling me how in the summer he travels all day on the bus, gets a few cans to see him through the night on a bench by the sea and then gets the early bus home. He was also going from South of Glasgow right up into the Highlands on his outings.

Couple of issues -

My parents use their free bus pass to go to the airport when heading off on foreign holidays. They live rurally so park their Tesla in the nearest Aberdeenshire village with a bus service and travel for nothing down to Edinburgh to get their flight. Given the never ending claims of poverty from the Scottish government it seems a bit bizarre to provide free travel to fairly wealthy retirees who could easily afford to pay for it.

Large gangs of youths can now travel here, there and everywhere for nothing - we used to occasionally catch the last bus home from Aberdeen if we went out for a meal or a few drinks but the last fews times has been pretty unpleasant so likely won't bother again. The bus station was filled with huge groups of drunk teenagers smashing bottles, being sick and generally being abusive. The accents suggested they'd come up from the central belt using the free pass, the driver said it was now a regular occurrence.

[hidetheelephants]

It was always a fking stupid idea; giving free travel to-from college etc. is fine, but blanket free travel has no obvious utility, it's just sloganeering run riot spending other people's money.

[Southerner]

The concessionary pass scheme for the old folk was the same, pure vote-buying with zero concern for the practicalities or cost of it in the real world.