Re: New Fares in NSW

[Mr Simpson <mdoyle@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

David Proctor wrote:

> Peter R K wrote in message <7gejsa$njb$1@toto.tig.com.au>...
> >Good to see that the N.S.W. Government announced today that rail and
> >government bus fars are going to rise by anything up to 35%. Isn't it
> >strange how they didn't announce it before the election a month ago??
> >
> >They had all the 'usual' excuses on the news - there are some very
> expensive
> >improvements coming up, but of course the minister didn't bother to say
> what
> >those improvements might be.
> >
> >As usual, the government on one hand tries to tell us to use public
> >transport, yet increases the fares and, as is more often the case,
> decreases
> >the service.
>
> Fares in NSW are ridiculously cheap anyway - they need to rise to reduce the
> loss, and to pay for the service. The all-day $1 pensioner tickets is an
> absolute joke.
>
> DaveP

  As if that will ever increase... only make the weekly and once off ticket
buyers subsidise them.
How long have they been a dollar, and how many times has your weekly gone up
since then?