CAR-RIDING COST

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 77, 27 September 1924, Page 6

CAR-RIDING COST

Eeduced charges for tramway concession tickets will be welcomed by suburban residents. The reduction is not a great sum, but it must be remembered that when increases were made the impost upon the longer-distance travellers was as light as possible. There are two points affecting the reduction to which we would draw attention. In the first place, while it is desirable that the cost of travelling shall be kept as low as possible this must not be done if the result may be a loss on the tramway undertaking. We make this point not so much with regard to the reduction now proposed as with regard to this'- further remipsion of which its. £4&y.Qj: is liopeluJ*- The second

point is that comfort and "convenience must be fully considered if people are to be, induced to dwell in the suburbs. Cost is important, but not all-important. The manual worker particularly is affected by this consideration. He will not go to the suburbs if he can avoid it— even when fares are lowered by threepence or. sixpence or a shilling a week—if he has to stand in a crowded car at the end of a hard day's work. We hope, therefore, that the Council, while reducing fares as far as may safely be done, will not slacken its efforts to provide more cars and a more comfortable service1, to some of. the suburbs. .. , '