| Comment | You're getting downvotes, I assume because the comment is seen as anti-SNP but you're right about the "free" bus - under 22s, over 60s, people with disabilities and impairments and also some with addictions all get travel which is "subsidised" to a point.
Operators are reimbursed by government to the tune of something like 56% of the equivalent *adult single fare*. Firstly, this means the operators somehow need to make up the shortfall in revenue through those that do pay. Secondly, it incentivises operators to bump up the adult single, as it's what the reimbursement is tied to (and few people actually buy singles - returns and seasons are more common). |
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