As fuel prices spiral, Somerset Bus Partnership and Somerset County Council are joining forces to encourage people to ‘BUS IT’.

The campaign aims to highlight that using a bus is a chance to save on fuel and vehicle maintenance costs, while at the same time protecting the environment by helping to cut congestion and reducing your carbon footprint.

Following the withdrawal of the government’s Bus Recovery Grant, bus operators are weighing up the viability of routes in Somerset, and one of the key factors operators will use in assessing viability is the number of passengers on each route. Bus use in Somerset is slowly climbing again, but is currently at about 70 per cent of levels compared to pre-Covid.

Peter Travis, Co-Chair of the Somerset Bus Partnership, said: ““Please BUS IT if you can, save money, protect bus routes and protect the environment.”

Visit www.somerset.gov.uk/busit to find out about ticket deals.