Sentence examples for hiked fares from inspiring English sources

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority hiked fares again, and the base rate for subways and buses jumped a quarter, to $2.50, among other increases.

Tim O'Toole, the head of London Underground, ruled out hiking fares to cover a potential £1.4bn funding gap.

"I don't think looking at hiking fares or putting tolls is the right way to solve the budgetary crisis they're in," he said.

Although taxi drivers in Los Angeles are not allowed to hike fares during peak demand, no similar rules apply to Uber and Lyft.

And, of course, it's a dig at the current king of the sharing road, Uber, who've taken heat lately for surge pricing, hiking fares during times of high-demand.

Last month, it hiked passenger fares by 14.2% and freight rates by 6.5% - a move welcomed by economists.

Recent mergers, such as of United and Continental in 2010, and British Airways and Iberia in 2011, have led airlines to reduce service in North America and Europe, combining formerly overlapping routes to cut costs (and hike fares in the newfound absence of competition), resulting in fuller planes and fewer alternatives should something go wrong.

The spate of airline mergers over the past decade raised fear among consumer advocates that the consolidation would kill competition and hike fares.

Shawcross said: "It makes no sense to throw away over £50m of much-needed income while cutting services and hiking up fares.

And there is also a call to be wary of "hawkers" or unscrupulous bus agents who are hiking the fares for buses that will never run.

The agreement follows a recent editorial penned by Schneiderman in the New York Times in which the attorney general raised concerns that Uber was violating state laws with a controversial price scheme that hikes up fares when demand is high.