Off-peak Fridays in London

Many people work from home and more so on Fridays so off peak fares on a Friday won’t make any difference 

If I have to travel  a distance then a later start can risk my late arrival.   I cannot afford black cabs on a regular basis!

As a freedom pass user, your survey failed to capture any relevant informatiion about me.

I was vaguely aware of the off peak initiative but completely unaware that we could use freedom psses before 09:00 on Fridays as part of the trial.

As I don't have to travel to work, my use of London' public transport is for leisure and pleasure purposes.  I would make use of travel prior to 09:00 if it was a possibility every day, but just Friday is simply too restrictive.  Of course, pre Covid, we could use Freedom Passes at any time of day.  I'm not sure why this situation hasn't been reinstated, especially as London is crying out for footfall.

As far as I'm concerned, there was no prior information to the 'Metro' article I read last Friday morning, 8th March, well after 09:00, having based my travel decisions on the lack of knowledge about the new facility.  If I had known, I would most definitely, have taken advantage of this new freedom and done something more interesting than walk in a tight circle through certain parks in my borough, prior to shopping in my nearest shopping town, Enfield.

 I'm already quite disgusted with my local bus services, consisting of just two bus routes that take me to different Piccadilly Line stations, neither of which can be trusted for reliability.  The only reliable transport is the Great Northern train service from Winchmore Hill, which I can check out before leaving home.  That is one main reason why I chose to walk from home on Friday, 8th March.

As I have a Freedom Pass the off-peak fare doesn’t make a difference to me. But if Friday is considered off-peak it should be possible to take bikes on all the trains which can normally take bikes off-peak, without time restrictions. This would encourage me to travel more on a Friday.

I mostly travel by bus. Very slowly getting back into using bike because the bus service is becoming unreliable. I work from home and travel to office once midweek (hint: not Friday). This trial is meaningless to me. I have yet to meet anyone where this trial has been helpful although there must be many where it will be. So far have come across one person who will be complaining - already! Perhaps if we had been consulted first you may have had a trial that would have had us all cheering because at the moment it's really not for us Londoners and feels like a campaign to win votes!👎

my usual (& preferred) method of transport is bus so this doesnt impact on me specifically. 

most commuters have travel passes so again this would not be of any benefit to them so unsure if this is just a gimmick aimed at  tourists.

When I was  a commuter I would not have liked to be late for work because mu bus was hagged by joy-riding pensioners

I can’t use the bus to get to the station before 9.30am according to some of the TFL websites however, some TFL websites are showing 9 am so how do I know what information is true? It’s I can’t use the bus so why would I bother to travel before 9 am on the tube?

I have a Freedom Pass

I recommend that it be available on one's phone, like an Oystercard

I recommend that the Freedom Pass be usable during formerly peak hours. Not many of that FP age group travel at that hour anyway. When they do, it is usually for a necessary reason-doctor's appontment, etc. I don't think there are enogh FP holders to clog up peak hour any more significantly than it already is

To be honest, I'd rather they used slany money to keep fares down across the board rather than gimmicky schemes for a particular day of the week.

Most people have to travel for work on Fridays anyway, so changing the cost for a specific day won't make amy difference.