§ 18. Mr. Flanneryasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will initiate a study to establish the correlation between reductions in fares and other charges and consequent changes in patterns of passenger use.
§ Mr. FowlerThe Transport and Road Research Laboratory has already carried out considerable work in this field indicating that spending 10 per cent. more on subsidy creates only 2 to 3 per cent. extra use. It attracts few people out of cars; much of the benefit leaks away into higher operating costs; and the main net effect is that existing bus passengers travel more often.