Free bus day

[bellybabe]

Was sent this...thought people might be interested.

FREE BUS DAY

Take advantage of your day off on Holiday Monday with Free Bus Day.

Ride the bus for free into the city centre and check out In Town Without My Car week events in the City Chambers quadrangle (see below).

There is no need for a token or a voucher - just turn up, get on the bus and
travel for free. Free Bus Day on 20 September is the biggest free public
transport initiative that Edinburgh has ever seen. Between 9.30am and
7.00pm, all Lothian Buses, First, Waverley Travel, Scottish Citylink,
MacTours (Services 60 and 69) and Stagecoach buses within Edinburgh
including Ratho and Queensferry will be free. This offer applies to journeys
made within the City of Edinburgh only. Normal fares apply outside the city, cross-boundary journeys, Airlink and City Tours.


IN TOWN WITHOUT MY CAR WEEK
Between 16 and 22 September, Edinburgh will join 723 cities across Europe to celebrate In Town Without My Car week. The event promotes using public transport, cycling, creating "living streets" to make them enjoyable places for pedestrians and cyclists to spend time, and using cars responsibly.

On Monday 20 September, the Edinburgh autumn holiday, there will be a range of events and attractions staged in the High Street outside the City
Chambers, kicking off at 11am and running through to 4pm. These include:

* A kaleidoscope of unusual street furniture and sculptures

* · A chance to ride on some very unusual bikes

* · Get your bike serviced free by the Bike Station, or contribute to
a good cause by donating your old bike

* · Learn more about Edinburgh's future transport vision, improving
our local environment and healthier lifestyles

* · Find out about designing streets for people

* · Enjoy children's art workshops, street performers and musicians

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[Maria]

Anyone take up this offer?

[wangi]

[bellybabe]

[cornerboy]

Except the offer doesn't seem to apply to the 26 or the 15!

[wangi]

It does (I beleive) within the city boundaries - but if you took a 26 from Portobello to Musselburgh you'd have to pay.

[bellybabe]

That's right, it was anywhere within the city boundaries. We successfully went to the zoo and back for free. But I stll can't see how it will encourage people to take the bus to work when they still charged people to go to work!!!

[Sandra]

[bellybabe]

Thanks, Sandra, we had a great time. Learned a lot, as eldest proudly showed off his reading skills reading all the signs he could find (and there are a lot of those in the zoo) and youngest showed off that he knew the words for more animals than we did, and kept things lively by trying to climb into the meerkat enclosure, much to our horror. At least he didn't try and get into the painted dogs enclosure...they were worth seeing. He's obsessed with the penguins, so that kept him quiet. And an escape to the members' lounge during the rain helped too, even if it did take an hour for them to serve us some sandwiches because they "forgot". A great day out and the only thing we had to pay for was the food!