Sentence examples for rises in fares from inspiring English sources

But campaign groups and trade unions have pointed out that the annual rises in fares have far outstripped the rises in wages and that Britons pay some of the highest rail fares in Europe.

It began with smaller-scale protests over rises in fares for public transport in various Brazilian cities.

The subway system, however, would receive $342 million in new funds to avoid a rise in fares.

The rise in fares can seem especially steep because it follows a low point for the industry.

There would be a tax on payrolls in the metropolitan area and a smaller rise in fares of 8percentt.

Most recently, Ms. Banerjee stripped Dinesh Trivedi of his rail ministry for proposing what he said was a much-needed rise in fares in his Union Railway budget last month.

The new mayor blames the steep rise in fares on his predecessor, claiming a black hole in Transport for London's finances.

Whereas last year Eurotunnel took on the ferries in a price war that cut fares in half, its two floating competitors Stena and P&O will probably get their wish of being allowed to merge, bringing a sharp rise in fares.

On Tuesday he questioned how the authority could say that it needed to increase its fare revenues by 23percentt at the same time that it supported the Ravitch plan, which calls for an 8percentt rise in fares.

The 15percentt rise in fares, after all, resulted in large part from a sharp contraction of airline fleets brought on by bankruptcies and a drop in air travel after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Despite his blunt quote, he spent much of that press conference outlining why, even if a vote to leave would not cause an immediate rise in fares, British travellers could pay more in future.