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CSPA Campaigning

Transport and travel

Decent and affordable public transport is a vital line
of support for older people

As part of Later Life Ambitions we are calling for:
Increased investment in local bus and rail services, for uprated concessions, and for improved accessibility and assistance for older people on all new bus and railway stock and facilities.

Transport - the facts and figures

Decent and affordable public transport is a vital line of support for older people, enabling them to retain their independence. Yet lack of access to public transport can have a significant impact on an older person’s quality of life.

Two in three older people cannot reach a hospital within 30 minutes by public transport, while in England alone 27% of bus routes, measured by mileage, have disappeared in the last ten years with a total of 5,000 routes closing altogether. A further 2,160 services were lost in 2022-23.

The manifesto: What we're campaigning for

As part of Later Life Ambitions we are calling for: Increased investment in local bus and rail services, for uprated concessions, and for improved accessibility and assistance for older people on all new bus and railway stock and facilities.

Later Life Ambitions

Later Life Ambitions brings together the collective voices of over a quarter of a million pensioners through the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners, the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance, and the National Association of Retired Police Officers Association.

We aim to encourage today’s decision makers to confront the challenges of tomorrow.

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