Buses World News
In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
PUBLIC TRANSPORT * Russia - Travel to Moscow route buses until Expensive
Moscow,Russia -RIA Novosti/bmpost -January 14, 2010: -- Commercial passenger carriers in Moscow has no plans to raise fares despite the rise in tariffs for public transport with the new year, told on Wednesday, representatives of private transport companies... From January 1, 2010 Individual tickets on buses, trolleybuses and trams SUE Mosgortrans “has risen in price for 4 rubles to 24 rubles. At the end of December 2009, this largest carrier, which carries more than half of public transport in Moscow, launched the first hundred minibus taxi fare which also costs 24 rubles... (Photo from metromost.yauzaforum: Moscow bus)Labels: buses fares
BUSES FARES * USA - Investigation into Reading ones
Reading,Berkshire,UK -The Reading Chronicle, by Adam Hewitt -30 October, 2008: -- Facing a second bus fare hike in less than a year, how does the lot of Reading travellers compare with those in similar towns around the country?... The Chronicle has investigated bus prices in four other towns, as well as London, and found Reading is roughly average for an all-day ticket or equivalent, but an expensive place for single journeys and child tickets... The pricing structure for single tickets in Reading means that even very short journeys cost the full £1.70, while in the other towns and cities analysed – Wolverhampton, Brighton, Rotherham and Aberdeen – a zoning system means shorter journeys can cost as little as 70p...Labels: buses fares
BUS FARES * USA - OCTA listens to public about plan to increase that
The Santa Ana Terminal will close; riders will use nearby bus stops
Orange,CAL,USA -The Orange County Register, by SERENA MARIA DANIELS -October 27, 2008: -- The Orange County Transportation Authority took another step Monday toward deciding whether to raise the bus fare from $1.25 to $1.50 and boosting the price for monthly passes and trips for the elderly and the disabled... OCTA board members want to hear more public comment before a decision is made at a Nov. 24 meeting... Rising costs in fuel, health insurance and pensions are cited for the proposed increases... Leahy, the transportation agency's CEO, said a top priority is to keep buses running efficiently so those affected by a declining economy still have access to affordable transportation... The last time fares increased were in June 2005, when a one-way trip went from $1 to $1.25... CTA board members voted Monday to shutter, in December, the Santa Ana Transit Terminal, across the street from the Civic Center complex, nudging bus riders from out of the shade to nearby outdoor stops servicing four routes. Officials say the Santa Ana Terminal is ill-equipped to ventilate the bus fleet's natural-gas-powered buses... y Jebb Harris / The Orange County Register - OCTA : Busses wait at the OCTA facility in Garden Grove in this 2007 file photo)
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SCHOOL BUSES FARES * UK - End of free school buses?
Travel shake-up set to hit thousands of pupilsDoncaster,England,UK -The Doncaster Free Press, by Deborah Wain -18 September 2008: -- Thousands of schoolchildren and students could be stripped of their entitlement to free bus travel under new council proposals... The local education authority is suggesting four major changes to transport arrangements for helping youngsters get to their lessons which could be phased in from as early as next autumn. Council chiefs say current policies do not treat all young people equally - but they also stand to save a total of £621,702 a year by making the cutbacks... If approved, changes would:* End free transport to pupils and college students aged over 16.* Scrap free transport to faith schools.* Cut free travel for Stain-forth youngsters attending Hatfield Visual Arts College but living less than three miles from the school - help originally agreed to improve attendance.Labels: buses fares
* UK - London Underground, Bus Fares to Be Frozen Next Year
London,UK -Bloomberg, by Brian Lysaght -Oct. 30, 2007: -- Mayor Ken Livingstone plans to freeze most London Underground and bus fares in 2008 after three years of above-inflation increases, a measure criticized by his political opponents as a ploy to gain re-election... Tickets on the London Underground, the train network known locally as the Tube, will remain at 1.50 pounds ($3.10) next year in the central city using an Oyster pre-pay card and 4 pounds for cash fares, the mayor said in an e-mailed statement today. Bus fares will stay at 90 pence for Oyster users and 2 pounds in cash... (Picture from gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/places-and-sights: Congested street in the city centre with a high proportion of urban and tourist buses)* UK - Gilligan's distortions on fares freeze' London,UK -London Government, Press Release -2 Nov 2007: -- ... The reason ... Andrew Gilligan's attacks are so ineffective - which he acknowledges by claiming that Transport for London and the Mayor 'get away with it' - is that it might seem clever to a journalist or a newspaper to rip individual facts out of context to try to make a false point, but the public knows and feels the real situation. Therefore it is the journalist and the newspaper which are not believed. Andrew Gilligan can be taken seriously as a writer on transport or other matters if he deals with the facts in a serious and comprehensive way - unlike the errors contained in the present and previous articles...Labels: buses fares
* China - More buses join discount on transfers
Shanghai,China -The Shanghai Daily news, by Dong Zhen -28 June 2007: -- From today, bus riders using transport cards will get a fare discount of 0.5 yuan (6 US cents) on their second trip if they transfer to another downtown bus within 90 minutes of the first ride... Almost all the transit buses within the Inner Ring Road will provide the fare discounts, on 409 of the 415 bus routes, said Shanghai Urban Transport Management Bureau... Labels: buses fares
Bus Fares * UK - Rising Passenger Levels Deliver Cuts
London,England,UK -MayorWatch -18 June 2007: -- Ken Livingstone has announced that from 30 September the cost of a single bus fare, at any time of the day, will be reduced by ten per cent from £1 to 90p on Pay as You Go on the Oyster Card... According to Mr Livingstone the cuts are possible because of the record levels of tube passengers and increases in bus ridership and the strength of London's economy... Labels: buses fares
Moscow,Russia -RIA Novosti/bmpost -January 14, 2010: -- Commercial passenger carriers in Moscow has no plans to raise fares despite the rise in tariffs for public transport with the new year, told on Wednesday, representatives of private transport companies... From January 1, 2010 Individual tickets on buses, trolleybuses and trams SUE Mosgortrans “has risen in price for 4 rubles to 24 rubles. At the end of December 2009, this largest carrier, which carries more than half of public transport in Moscow, launched the first hundred minibus taxi fare which also costs 24 rubles... (Photo from metromost.yauzaforum: Moscow bus)
