Grampian fares up
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A NEW INCREASE in all hi fares in the city district *Iv been approved by Grampia Regional Council.
The increase, opposed t the Labour group who want( any rise to wait until t1 council have received fortl coming reports on surve of the city's bus routes, w generate an estimated £1.2m : a full year to offset the tran port undertaking's project( deficit of over £1m by the er of March 1981.
Councillor Ian Robertso. chairman of the transport; tion and roads committee, sa the new increase in fare "however regrettable", he been forced upon them t such factors as a 50 per cei increase in fuel costs, 25 pc cent on salaries and 25 per cei on tyres.
Some rural members su gested that city bus users iv little to complain abot compared with those in tt country. But Labour transpo spokesman Councillor Geori Grant challenged the policy treating the bus service on "profit and loss" basis.
Britain was out of step wii most other developed cow tries in that it expected tran port services to either show profit or at least break eve. Other countries who subsic ised bus transport had halt( the decline in passeng( numbers and were now begii fling to show an increase i usage.