❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding public transport fares, costs, revenue, and the reasons for fare increases. The government aims for fare increases not exceeding CPI and acknowledges broader benefits beyond cost recovery.
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES
My question is asked on behalf of Hon Simon O’Brien. (1) What is the government’s policy on the setting of fares for public transport services and, specifically, does the government have a position on the proportion of cost recovery or subsidy that should apply? (2) What is the gross annual cost of running public transport in the metropolitan area for - (a) bus services; (b) train services; and (c) ferry services? (3) What income is derived from operating each of these categories of service through fares and other revenue? (4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST
My question is asked on behalf of Hon Simon O’Brien. (1) What is the government’s policy on the setting of fares for public transport services and, specifically, does the government have a position on the proportion of cost recovery or subsidy that should apply? (2) What is the gross annual cost of running public transport in the metropolitan area for - (a) bus services; (b) train services; and (c) ferry services? (3) What income is derived from operating each of these categories of service through fares and other revenue? (4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST
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On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(1) What is the government’s policy on the setting of fares for public transport services and, specifically, does the government have a position on the proportion of cost recovery or subsidy that should apply? (2) What is the gross annual cost of running public transport in the metropolitan area for - (a) bus services; (b) train services; and (c) ferry services? (3) What income is derived from operating each of these categories of service through fares and other revenue? (4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(2) What is the gross annual cost of running public transport in the metropolitan area for - (a) bus services; (b) train services; and (c) ferry services? (3) What income is derived from operating each of these categories of service through fares and other revenue? (4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(b) train services; and (c) ferry services?
(c) ferry services?
(4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000.
(4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(1) What is the government’s policy on the setting of fares for public transport services and, specifically, does the government have a position on the proportion of cost recovery or subsidy that should apply? (2) What is the gross annual cost of running public transport in the metropolitan area for - (a) bus services; (b) train services; and (c) ferry services? (3) What income is derived from operating each of these categories of service through fares and other revenue? (4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(2) What is the gross annual cost of running public transport in the metropolitan area for - (a) bus services; (b) train services; and (c) ferry services? (3) What income is derived from operating each of these categories of service through fares and other revenue? (4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(b) train services; and (c) ferry services?
(c) ferry services?
(4) What are the reasons for the increase in fares announced by the Treasurer on Monday, 7 May 2007, and how much extra revenue will the increases generate over a full year? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(1) The government’s commitment is that public transport fare increases will not exceed the consumer price index; however, this may include the need to accumulate CPI increases for some lower-value fares, with the effect that some specific fare groupings may increase only every second year. The freeze on concession fares during the first term of the government reduced concession fares from about 50 per cent of standard fares on average, under the former government, to about 40 per cent. The government does not have a particular target on the proportion of cost recovery or cost subsidy that should apply. It recognises that the benefits of public transport cannot simply be quantified in a pure cost-recovery sense; for example, environmental benefits, reduced traffic congestion and so on are not quantified in a pure expenditure and revenue sense. (2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(2) (a) Including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth bus services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $248 million; (b) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan train services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $337 million; and (c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000. (3) The total revenue budget for the Transperth system for 2006-07 is $93 million; fare revenue is $79 million, of which bus revenue is $58 million; train revenue $21 million; and ferry revenue $0.4 million. Other minor revenue is from sources such as advertising. (4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
(c) including capital charges, the cost of operating metropolitan Transperth ferry services for 2006-07 is budgeted at $690 000.
(4) The fare increases are to provide the Public Transport Authority with an increase in all fees, excluding student fares, in line with inflation for the 12 months to September 2006. The fare increases are estimated to positively impact on receipts by $4 million in the 2007-08 financial year, but, given the increase in costs over the same period, they will not increase the proportion of costs recovered by fares.
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