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7.3.08
TRANSPORT NEWS * UK - Bus division boosts Arriva profits
Sunderland,UK -The Press Association-5 March 2008: --Transport groupArriva said a strong performance from its UK bus division helped annual operating profits improve by 7% last year... Arriva, which runs 6,500 buses in cities including Liverpool and Leeds, posted a surplus of £128 million, although the figure was impacted by higher fuel prices and the cost of bidding for three rail franchises...Helped by marketing initiatives and increased demand, the bus arm achieved a 16% profits increase to £87.9 million, with revenues up 7% to £814.7 million.The improvement came despite fuel price increases costing £8 million in 2007...Arriva's bus services outside of Londoncarried 414 million passengers in 2007, an increase of around 2%. It said overall customer satisfaction rose, with 91% of customers being "fairly satisfied" or better...
TRANSPORT NEWS * India - Facts about transport in Delhi
Delhi,India -Shivam Vij -16 Jan 2008: -- * There are 1.5 million private cars on the road. * 3 million two-wheelers, a lot of these will convert to cheapest small cars * And only 6,800 city buses. * The city adds 41 vehicles every hour, 31% of them being private cars. * Last 5 years have seen a 43% increase in vehicles, and 9% in road space. * Road area is already 20% of land area. Green area is only 10%. * There is a limit in extending roads and flyovers. * Our collective automobile experience ends with traffic jam. * And slower vehicles spew more. * We should be ashamed that all we gained out of converting public transport to CNG has been offset by rising number of cars! * A car pays Rs 400 a year as tax, while a bus is charged Rs 13,000. * Government subsidises private vehicles with low tax, cheapest parking lots. * Public investment in roads and flyovers are cornered by private cars only. * Private cars take up 75% of the road space, while buses get only 8%. * Hence, there is no money left for public transport investment. * All these, while private transport only 20% of passengers, and buses still carry 61%. (Video from YouTube, by eutoob -May 23, 2006 -"India traffic cam" - traffic in India)
Sunderland,UK -The Press Association -5 March 2008: -- Transport group Arriva said a strong performance from its UK bus division helped annual operating profits improve by 7% last year... Arriva, which runs 6,500 buses in cities including Liverpool and Leeds, posted a surplus of £128 million, although the figure was impacted by higher fuel prices and the cost of bidding for three rail franchises... Helped by marketing initiatives and increased demand, the bus arm achieved a 16% profits increase to £87.9 million, with revenues up 7% to £814.7 million. The improvement came despite fuel price increases costing £8 million in 2007... Arriva's bus services outside of London carried 414 million passengers in 2007, an increase of around 2%. It said overall customer satisfaction rose, with 91% of customers being "fairly satisfied" or better...
