To: The Transport Minister Chris Grayling
Reduce Transport costs for under 18 across the whole country
I would like them to raise the child fare age to include all under 18s and make this compulsory for all companies providing public transport. London has reduced fares for 16 and 17 year olds but less affluent rural communities often have to pay full fair from as low as 13 years old.
Why is this important?
We all agree that more use of public transport is essential. The more independence our young people have the more successful and engaged they will be, however, from the age of 14/15 they have to pay full fair on public transport. If they work, (and there are extremely limited jobs for younger people in school or college) it is for limited hours and reduced wages. People under the age of 18 cannot vote, generally don’t drive, they can only work part time as they have to be in full time education, they are classed as minors in all areas, and are not adults so why do we allow companies to charge them an adult fare when clearly they do not have adult resources.
