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What all these say is that whenever any part of the PTOs’ business is not profitable, the commuting public will be asked to prop it up, through fare hikes.
This is, perhaps, what riles the public most as it is seen to be an issue of greed more than anything else. The public becomes the easy target.
What the PTC should be looking at is why the bus operations themselves are bleeding red – and what really the problem is. Is it a simple case of higher fuel or manpower costs? Or is it bad or incompetent management?
To always turn to commuters to bail out, as it were, the PTOs is not the solution.
For then there will be no incentive for the PTOs to do better, and resolve the problem at the root.
In the meantime, the PTC should, if it doesn’t want to lose credibility, stand firmly on the side of commuters and – more importantly – be able to explain convincingly its reasons for any hikes.
Fare hikes and breakdowns are, in fact, not separate issues.
Why should commuters continue to pay higher fares for bad service?
- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/01/ptc-in-danger-of-losing-credibility-and-publics-trust/
This is, perhaps, what riles the public most as it is seen to be an issue of greed more than anything else. The public becomes the easy target.
What the PTC should be looking at is why the bus operations themselves are bleeding red – and what really the problem is. Is it a simple case of higher fuel or manpower costs? Or is it bad or incompetent management?
To always turn to commuters to bail out, as it were, the PTOs is not the solution.
For then there will be no incentive for the PTOs to do better, and resolve the problem at the root.
In the meantime, the PTC should, if it doesn’t want to lose credibility, stand firmly on the side of commuters and – more importantly – be able to explain convincingly its reasons for any hikes.
Fare hikes and breakdowns are, in fact, not separate issues.
Why should commuters continue to pay higher fares for bad service?
- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/01/ptc-in-danger-of-losing-credibility-and-publics-trust/
