Fare rises

Before increasing fares Auckland Transport needs to make sure they are collecting fares from passengers. There has been no ticket inspector on my early morning Western Line train for 10 months. It is reasonable to assume that hundreds of thousands of dollars are being lost, which fare-paying passengers are expected to pick up the tab for.

The PR gurus advertise the increases as “Some fares are changing” instead of “Most fares are increasing”. This sort of slipperiness doesn’t endear Auckland Transport to the travelling public.

Howard Atkinson, Mount Albert