james on Nostr: Thing is, they put it in as a temporary message during the (ongoing!) pandemic. To ...
Thing is, they put it in as a temporary message during the (ongoing!) pandemic. To reduce overcrowding and “promote social distancing”.
But they made it permanent last year.
Why? Money. Apparently TFL lost sooo much money during the (ongoing!!) pandemic that restricting the travel of 60+ people, which has been unrestricted since 1973, is gonna save them that cash?
Thing is there’s also the “Freedom Pass” for disabled people. Which does the same thing. And disabled folk can still travel before 9am (good). But it means there’s an even smaller group of people that are restricted, how much does this really save?
Edit: it’s existed since 1973, unrestricted since 2009.
But they made it permanent last year.
Why? Money. Apparently TFL lost sooo much money during the (ongoing!!) pandemic that restricting the travel of 60+ people, which has been unrestricted since 1973, is gonna save them that cash?
Thing is there’s also the “Freedom Pass” for disabled people. Which does the same thing. And disabled folk can still travel before 9am (good). But it means there’s an even smaller group of people that are restricted, how much does this really save?
Edit: it’s existed since 1973, unrestricted since 2009.