People with experience of poverty and the Scottish Government Fair Fares Review

In November 2022, the Poverty Alliance’s  Get Heard Scotland project was commissioned to recruit, support and facilitate a Citizen’s Panel of people with experience of poverty and using public transport in Scotland to share their views and shape the Fair Fares Review.

The main messages were that people living on low incomes in both urban and rural Scotland are much more likely to use buses rather than trains. Public transport interventions that work for people living on low incomes should therefore focus on buses. People wanted buses to be affordable, reliable, and accessible.

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