Decision details

Fares Package 2: Birthday Offer and Free Travel for Care Leavers

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Infrastructure

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

1.      To support the allocation of £8.9 million of the BSIP fares and ticketing C1 and C2 (Fare Reductions, Discounts and Simplification Package) work package allocation to deliver a 12 months ‘Free Fares Ticketing Promotion’ (FFTP) in the area – offering all residents in the West of England free travel in the area during the month of their birth. The offer will run from the 1 August 2023 and until 31 July 2024. Promotional launch date has been set for the 3July 2023.

 

2.      To support the allocation of £1.7 million of the BSIP fares and ticketing C1 and C2 (Fare Reductions, Discounts and Simplification Package) work package allocation to deliver free travel for care leavers aged 18 to 21 from the 31 August 2023 (subject to supplier confirmation) to the 31March 2025. 

 

Publication date: 05/03/2024

Date of decision: 03/07/2023

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