The increase in NSW bus prices over the weekend made parents feel angry. (Photo from Australian News Network)
Passengers expressed disappointment at the increase in bus fares in New State. And the increase in weekend ticket prices in particular makes parents angry.
Starting next week, new state weekend bus cap prices skyrocketed. authorities said the temporary increase was designed to regulate the social distance of public transport.
According to the new state`s earlier rules, passengers take buses, train 、 light rail or ferries on sunday for only $2.8 a day. But starting next weekend, Saturday and Sunday have capped prices, but prices have soared from A $2.8 to A $8.05 for adults and A $4 for holders.
government new policy means adults pay $5.25 more and children $1.2 more. In a typical family of four, the family used to take a bus trip on Sunday for $11.2, but now it costs $24.2.
The New State Department of Transportation explained that the move would "help to spread the volume of public transport on weekends ", but residents of New State apparently did not buy it, arguing that such a price increase could only be described as" horrendous "when JobSeeker subsidies government affected 1.6 million Australians were due to expire in September.
On the social media Facebook, someone wrote ," Oh, my God, that`s a exaggeration! "
Others wrote :" How can they more than double the fare? "
Some netizens agree that the increase is amazing, but said that this means that the future can no longer take bus travel.
Some say ," it`s terrible, it`s blackmail... All right, new state government, we`re all going to change our cars, and the work we did to get everyone on the bus is gone. It`s really disgusting. "
One mother said her family had only Sunday to travel on, but no choice. "It now costs almost $30," she said. That`s crazy. I`d rather drive and pay the parking fee. "
Although the new state health department stressed that the increase in weekend bus prices is only temporary, but did not indicate when to terminate.
In order to encourage people to walk or ride bicycles, the state has also increased the peak traffic, within 3 km of the bus and light rail fares.
Also, in order to encourage people to disperse travel time, the off-peak bus, train 、 city rail and light rail services will be 50% discount.
Constance (Andrew Constance), head of the new state transportation department, said the off-peak half-price discount mechanism will help encourage people to travel wrong peak.
On the other hand, the peak hours of public transport in New State have been extended since July 6.
Sydney train 、 the early peak of the city rail, light rail and buses in Sydney, which has been extended to 6.30 am-10am. from the present 7
Sydney train 、 the late peak of the city rail, light rail and buses in Sydney have been extended to three pm-7pm. from the present fou
The early peak of intercity train has been extended from 6 am-8am, to 6 am-10am..
There will be a 50% discount on bus fares outside the above time period.
