Dearer Road Travel in Paris.
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The Pttris municipal tramway and omnibus concern, known as the S.T.C.R.P., raised all the fares on their omnibuses and trams recently, for the second time within less than 18 months. This latest increase has been accompanied by a new regulation, under which, on Sundays, fall first-class fares are charged on all trains and buses, whether passengers travel first or second-class, or even stand on the platform.
Sunday is a day when everyone travels in Paris, and public-service vehicles are usually patronized to their fullest capacity. For the past four Sundays, however; since the new tariff came into operation, the buses have been running half empty. There is no doubt that the underground railways have reaped the benefit, although their own fares have been slightly increased. The Paris tubes, however, are run by the city council, as., distinct from the
county council, which is responsible for the buses and trains, and the S.T.C.R.P. does not benefit even vicariously by the increased tube traffic.
The travelling public has thus been able to deal a nasty return blow to the S.T.C.R.R, and the result may be seen in the rather excited daily deliberations of Seine council. There is little doubt that the Sunday rule will shortly be abandoned as unremunerative.