Nearly all the fare caps on Brighton and Hove’s buses are to finish after the Easter holidays, the council has announced.
Very short journeys currently cost £1.30 and medium journeys £2.60 thanks to a subsidy from Brighton and Hove City Council – but this is being removed from Monday, 13 April.
Brighton and Hove Buses said the non-subsidised prices for short and medium hop fares are to be confirmed shortly but they are currently £1.30 and £2.60 respectively
Meanwhile, standard singles are £3 – a flat rate applied too all tickets bought online, on the bus or by tapping on and tapping off.
The council said it would be capping some fares in an unspecified area for a period this summer – both the exact area and timings are yet to be decided.
It is also using the money given to it by the government to continue paying for up to four children to travel free with an adult.
And about 200 young care leavers will be given free bus passes. The rest of the £1.4 million grant will be spent on subsidising season tickets bought at the North Street travel shop to match the cost of buying them online, and running the summer Breeze Up to the Downs services to Devil’s Dyke, Ditchling Beacon and Stanmer Park.
In the financial year just ending, the council spent £3.7 million on bus fare subsidies, including funding rolled over from the previous year. Next financial year, it is planning to spend £1.4 million.