Sentence examples for underground fares from inspiring English sources

An increase in underground fares, for instance, causes some passengers to quit the train for their cars.

His cut-price bus and underground fares scheme of 1981 brought an additional half-a-million people to public transport and was the first blow against the destructive primacy given to private motoring.

Alongside the usual shareholder gripes about the lack of biscuits and coffee, and the early start of the meeting - meaning the predominantly pension-age audience had to stump up for full rail and Underground fares - there were several jibes about executive pay.

Initially, demonstrators demanded that a hike in bus and underground fares be revoked.

What started as a protest against an increase in bus and underground fares grew into a much larger movement.

Mr Livingstone, who was mayor from 2000 to 2008, defended his plan to cut London Underground fares by 7% and bus fares by 11%, insisting "that's what can be afforded without impacting on investment".

Protests against bus and underground fare rises in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo have turned violent.

Protests in Brazil against bus and underground fare rises have turned violent in the country's largest city, Sao Paulo, with violence also reported at protests in Rio de Janeiro.

In Mexico City the underground "metro" fare had already gone up before Christmas, a 66% increase from 3 pesos (23 cents) to 5 pesos.

And so to prevent crabbiness on my part, I provide a fare card for our superb underground public transportation system.

Power was shut off in Lower Manhattan by Consolidated Edison officials who hoped underground equipment would fare better if it was shut down before it was swamped with the salty water.