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Operators assess the threat and opportunity posed by fuel crisis

By Robert Jack and James Dark
19 August 2008
 

The impact of spiralling fuel prices is the talk of the passenger transport sector. The issue has been raised at industry events over the past month, with passenger transport professionals considering the threat and the opportunity posed by fuel price escalation.

While bus and rail companies face large increases in operating costs as a result of higher fuel prices, there is growing evidence that the even higher price rises faced by motorists are persuading them to switch to public...

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