A hospital worker has resorted to renting a moped so that she can get to work every day - because the current cost of living crisis makes public transport too expensive. Nicola Nolan, from Pembrokeshire, rents the moped from the Preseli Rural Transport Association after her motorbike broke down and she couldn’t afford to buy a new one.
On top of that, she says the rural bus service is too expensive and only runs near her home twice a day. The cost of running the moped is less than £10 a week, which is cheaper than running a car or even paying for the bus fare every day.
Ms Nolan told BBC Wales: “Where I live, which is in the countryside, there are two buses a day and a shuttle which you have to book in advance. It’s helped a little but it’s meant having to change my shifts at work. You have to plan ahead and plan in advance which isn’t always possible. The scooter is something like £8 to fill the tank which will last me a week and it’s a lot cheaper than running a car and anything else.”
