- Reference: 2006/0098-1
- Question by: Bob Neill
- Meeting date: 15 March 2006
The introduction of free travel for under 16s has caused considerable concern amongst local residents in Bromley (specifically in the Petts Wood area) who view this step as an aggravating factor in what was already a difficult situation. The Mayor's response to the Assembly on 21 February 2006 was that the under-16s concession would appear to have had no effect on the amount of anti-social behaviour on the bus network. However, the point I was raising was that young people were using the free travel option to reach a particular destination, then congregate en-masse, with a potentially explosive outcome in...