The Hull Kids And Teenagers (KAT) Card is a discounted bus pass for young people aged 19 and under living in Hull, providing unlimited travel on Stagecoach, East Midlands and East Yorkshire Buses across Hull and parts of East Riding.
It costs £20 a week for unlimited travel.
However, no similar scheme is available for those who live in the East Riding.
Affordable public transport helps young people access education, training, employment and leisure, while encouraging greater use of public transport.
The KAT Card should be available across the entire Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority area, so that all young people throughout the region benefit from reduced travel costs.
HEYCA now has responsibility for concessionary travel, so the Mayor has the power to extend the KAT Card to young people outside of Hull and level the playing field across the region.
Following the success of my campaign to see pensioner’s travel passes equalised, I am calling on the Mayor to do the same for our young people.
I have already written to him asking for the KAT Card scheme to be extended and he told me the Joint Bus Partnership Board are considering options, so this is the ideal time for people to let him know they want to see the KAT Card available for every young person.
To help them do that, I have created a campaign page that allows the public to email the Mayor directly to let him know how important this is to them and that they want to see positive change.
Link to the campaign page here.