Fares, please
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LRES PLEASE? is the title on a port published by the Scottish insurner Council, which exaInes urban public transport oblems and in particular bus .es and services.
The report, by Tom Hart of the ottish Association for Public ansport, highlights Lothian gional Council's low fares licy as one which succeeded increasing public transport tronage.
4mong its recommendations, report suggests that car ers should be encouraged to ift to public transport, and the lobility gap" should be narwed by giving financial pport through fares to pentriers, the unemployed, the sabled, children, and usewives.
t advocates the extension of ecial tickets such as travelTls to make them available m local sales outlets, and that blic transport publicity should improved greatly.
t also wants transport policy idelines to be laid down by regional councils, and for nsideration to be given to inasing financial support, and capital grants to be introced by central Government to courage oil-saving investnits such as light rail transit, lleybuses and the electrifica n of suburban railways.