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From: Runge121 on 13 May 2010 16:20
Happy martin, at last a long thread


"Martin" <martin(a)lnvalid.invalid> a �crit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : hsgkvl$6vs$2(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> On 05/13/2010 11:01 AM, EX_OWM wrote:
>> tim.... wrote:
>>> "Tom P" <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote in message
>>> news:84v6usFjhaU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
>>>> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?
>>>
>>> UK Residents only
>
> It is local residents only i.e those who pay the local taxes.
>
>>
>> Is that legal nowadays, can they make a difference between UK residents
>> and
>> other EEC residents?
>
> Yes. It happens all over the EU at local levels.

From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 15 May 2010 21:06
> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?

Scotland has had a similar scheme for a few years - free bus
travel anywhere in the country for anyone over 60 (with a few
exceptions like the night buses in Lothian Region).

You have to provide a Scottish address and a birth certificate
to get the entitlement card. I have one. I've been told that
Scotland has a reciprocal recognition agreement with Malta for
them, but with nowhere else.

This sort of thing needs to be standardized internationally.
A blind friend from Germany has visited a couple of times -
regulations on entitlement to a blind person's travel pass
are much the same in Germany and Scotland, but Scottish bus
drivers don't (officially) recognize her German blind-pass.
In practice, fumbling her way onto a bus with a white stick
and shouting "Scheisse!" when she hit something usually got
her a free trip.

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mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
From: Tom P on 18 May 2010 08:53
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for the
>> over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for residents?
>
> Scotland has had a similar scheme for a few years - free bus
> travel anywhere in the country for anyone over 60 (with a few
> exceptions like the night buses in Lothian Region).
>
> You have to provide a Scottish address and a birth certificate
> to get the entitlement card. I have one. I've been told that
> Scotland has a reciprocal recognition agreement with Malta for
> them, but with nowhere else.
>
> This sort of thing needs to be standardized internationally.
> A blind friend from Germany has visited a couple of times -
> regulations on entitlement to a blind person's travel pass
> are much the same in Germany and Scotland, but Scottish bus
> drivers don't (officially) recognize her German blind-pass.
> In practice, fumbling her way onto a bus with a white stick
> and shouting "Scheisse!" when she hit something usually got
> her a free trip.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k
> Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
> mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin

I'm told that there are standardized parking permits in Europe at least
for vehicles with disabled drivers or passengers. Useful to know if you
are traveling to another country with a disabled person and rent a car -
take the badge with you.

T.
From: James Silverton on 18 May 2010 09:08
Tom wrote on Tue, 18 May 2010 14:53:34 +0200:

> Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
>>> I just read that London Transport has free bus travel for
>>> the over-sixties. Is this for everyone or just for
>>> residents?
>>
>> Scotland has had a similar scheme for a few years - free bus
>> travel anywhere in the country for anyone over 60 (with a few
>> exceptions like the night buses in Lothian Region).
>>
>> You have to provide a Scottish address and a birth
>> certificate to get the entitlement card. I have one. I've
>> been told that Scotland has a reciprocal recognition
>> agreement with Malta for them, but with nowhere else.
>>
>> This sort of thing needs to be standardized internationally.
>> A blind friend from Germany has visited a couple of times -
>> regulations on entitlement to a blind person's travel pass
>> are much the same in Germany and Scotland, but Scottish bus
>> drivers don't (officially) recognize her German blind-pass.
>> In practice, fumbling her way onto a bus with a white stick
>> and shouting "Scheisse!" when she hit something usually got
>> her a free trip.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e .
>> u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange,
>> Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557
>> <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin

> I'm told that there are standardized parking permits in Europe
> at least for vehicles with disabled drivers or passengers.
> Useful to know if you are traveling to another country with a disabled
> person and rent a car - take the badge with you.

Is it not inconsistent and against public policy to provide price
reductions etc. at the age of 60? I ask this especially since there are
attempts to raise the age to receive pensions to 67. I will admit that I
do take advantage of senior fares.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

From: Hatunen on 18 May 2010 11:54
On Tue, 18 May 2010 09:08:06 -0400, "James Silverton"
<not.jim.silverton(a)verizon.net> wrote:

>Is it not inconsistent and against public policy to provide price
>reductions etc. at the age of 60? I ask this especially since there are
>attempts to raise the age to receive pensions to 67. I will admit that I
>do take advantage of senior fares.

I'm 72 and I admit to a small twinge of guilt when I get a senior
discount (the National Park Service charge of $10 for a lifetime
pass may be the bestone of all); On the ohter hand, I do take
them when offered.

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************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) *************
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