(02 May 2015, 12:42 pm)aureolin wrote A strange move when inflation (CPI) is at 0.3%.
Using the figures above, the average rise for 1 day tickets is 1.67%, with the average for 7 day tickets being 1.78%. Making both rises at least 5x the rate of inflation.
Such an increase is unaffordable and is going to really hit some low paid workers. Baring in mind that employers will point towards inflation being so low, when they attempt to wriggle out of reviewing their staff salaries for the coming year...
Lothian Buses has increased the price of its day ticket (which covers a smaller area than the North East equivalent GNE BuzzFare or ANE 'All Zones' day tickets) from £3.50 to £4.00.
This is a 14.28% price increase, and at least 47x the rate of inflation, based on your 0.3% figure.