Rises - Australia - Petrol cost drives us on to trains, buses
Canberra,Australia -Journal of Turkish Weekly (Ankara,Turkey) -16 Sept 2005 :-) More Canberrans are catching buses and trains and leaving their cars at home as petrol prices continue to tighten the squeeze on the household hip pocket... Buses Cos. reported rises yesterday in their passenger numbers, and all believed petrol prices had been a significant factor... Petrol prices remained static in the ACT yesterday, but the head of BP Australia said he expected the price to drop significantly in the near future... ACTION buses recorded its biggest adult passenger load on Thursday last week, with 21,282 adults using the network. The average is about 20,500... said while the Government liked to keep public transport cost-effective to encourage people to use it, fares could go up again next financial year to help cover the increasing costs of the service...
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