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Author	Scunnered20
Comment	> it still costs less money in fuel and takes less time than train, subway and bus; and I live within 5 minute walking distance of a central line station I touched on this point in [my longer reply](https://old.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/12bp401/council_pushes_for_30mph_limits_on_m8_in_glasgow/jeyyt5c/). I think we can reasonably expect a bus fare cap to be introduced in Scotland in 2023. England introduced a £2 bus fare cap last year, extending it for another year in January. It's very quickly become a permanent national policy, helping encourage more people onto buses. Up here, the reason for the delay is that a commission was set up to investigate this idea early last year. Once they report back, I think we can expect a similar bus fare cap to become the norm in Scotland too. Also on buses, we're getting closer to full integrated ticketing in Glasgow. The infrastructure to allow it is rolling out on all bus operators this year, with multi-operator fares to be available from 2025. Subway tickets will be bundled into this ticketing system, with rail to follow though possibly a few years down the line. Glasgow is powering ahead with [five bus priority corridors](https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29726), which will ultimately create something like a lite-bus-rapid-transit model for routes serviced by those roads. Services will be drastically more efficient and improved by this. A [6 month pilot scrapping peak fares for trains in Scotland](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63998198) is planned to launch in the next couple of months. I can easily see this being made permanent.
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Created	Wed 5th Apr 2023 12:49am
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> it still costs less money in fuel and takes less time than train, subway and bus; and I live within 5 minute walking distance of a central line station

I touched on this point in [my longer reply](https://old.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/12bp401/council_pushes_for_30mph_limits_on_m8_in_glasgow/jeyyt5c/).

I think we can reasonably expect a bus fare cap to be introduced in Scotland in 2023. England introduced a £2 bus fare cap last year, extending it for another year in January. It's very quickly become a permanent national policy, helping encourage more people onto buses. Up here, the reason for the delay is that a commission was set up to investigate this idea early last year. Once they report back, I think we can expect a similar bus fare cap to become the norm in Scotland too.

Also on buses, we're getting closer to full integrated ticketing in Glasgow. The infrastructure to allow it is rolling out on all bus operators this year, with multi-operator fares to be available from 2025. Subway tickets will be bundled into this ticketing system, with rail to follow though possibly a few years down the line.

Glasgow is powering ahead with [five bus priority corridors](https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29726), which will ultimately create something like a lite-bus-rapid-transit model for routes serviced by those roads. Services will be drastically more efficient and improved by this.

A [6 month pilot scrapping peak fares for trains in Scotland](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63998198) is planned to launch in the next couple of months. I can easily see this being made permanent.