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Source? TfL is a local authority, which basically makes it a council. Part of TfL’s mandate as a local authority is to provide free bus services for school chi
by avianlyric 6y ago
Source? TfL is a local authority, which basically makes it a council.
Part of TfL’s mandate as a local authority is to provide free bus services for school children (who live more than 2 miles from school I believe), they don’t get a choice.
- m0xte 6y agohttps://853.london/2020/05/30/tfl-bailout-we-face-16m-bill-if-you-scrap-childrens-travel-town-halls-tell-government/ https://853.london/2020/05/30/tfl-bailout-we-face-16m-bill-i...
- avianlyric 6y agoThat’s interesting, I wonder how that interacts with the Greater London Authority Act, the legislation that give TfL its authority, and determines it obligations. Unfortunately I can’t find exact line in that act that outlines TfL obligations, but this article[1] quotes TfL’s CFO making this statement with regards to TfL obligations and it funding: > I think it will shock everybody, if you are to read the GLA Act, just what our minimum statutory obligations are as a transport authority. It does not include running a Tube service. It includes running a minimal bus service for children living more than two miles away from their school. [1] https://www.londonreconnections.com/2020/tfl-the-impossible-finances-of-fighting-a-pandemic/ https://www.londonreconnections.com/2020/tfl-the-impossible-...
- m0xte 6y agoWell that was a particularly shockingly thoughtful read. Thanks for posting. I’m actually lost for words.