Nottingham Tries Again for Higher Fares
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rOLLOWING the East Midland Traffic
Commissioners' refusal to grant Nottingham Corporation a 3d. minimum fare (The Commercial Motor, November 29, 1957), the corporation applied last week to increase the four-stage.fare from 3d. to 4d. This was designed to bring in an extra £70,000 a year, the Commissioners were told.
Mr. R. 0. F. Hickman, deputy town clerk, said their original plan to increase the minimum fare would have covered the £105,000 additional revenue the undertaking required. Since refusing !hat' application, the Commissioners had granted an increase on certain stages from 2d. to 24d., which would bring in £30,000, so, if their new application were granted, the corporation would gain £100,000 a year.
Mr. Ben England, general manager, said an overall increase of id. would be difficult for employees. It was the corporation's policy to charge as low a fare as possible for long distances, because many people had been moved out of the city to housing estates. Long-distance fares were not really economic and did not pay When they dropped below lid. a mile.
Announcing that a decision would be given within a few days, Mr. A. G. Curtis, chairman, said the public did not distinguish between an inerease of id. and one of ld. Resistance would be the same.