From the 1st April 2008, eligible users will get free off-peak bus travel on local buses anywhere in England.
Am I eligible?
If you are aged 60 or over or are 'eligible disabled', you are entitled to receive free off-peak bus travel.
Eligible disabled
Looking at the following list, you are eligible to receive this benefit if you:
- are blind or partially sighted
- are profoundly or severely deaf
- are without speech
- have a disability, or have suffered an injury, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to walk
- do not have arms or have long-term loss of the use of both arms
- have a learning disability - a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning
- would, if you applied for a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, have your application refused under section 92 of the Act (physical fitness) on grounds other than persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol
For further information on this scheme and for details of how to apply for your free bus pass, please click on the following link:
www.direct.gov.uk/buspass
