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During the course of 1982, the staff running the buses and underground trains of Paris will be increased by 2600 over the total of 35,688 employed in 1981. Part of this increase will be necessary to offset the effect of improvements in working conditions (increased holidays, shorter working week, etc.) or to increase the frequency of certain Express Metro train services, but 400 additional people will be taken on to supervise stations, help passengers and reduce fraud at automatic gates. Last year the Metro company reached the conclusion that the de-manning of underground stations had been taken too far for satisfactory public safety and the maximization of revenue. The effect of these and other changes will increase the operating budget by over 20 percent in 1982. Total costs will be US $1700 million, over one tenth of which will be accounted for by interest payments. Opposition by President Mitterand's government to an increase from US 32 to 35 cents in the price of a Metro ticket in August means that receipts from passengers are forecast at US $579 million, or 34 percent of running costs. However, if the fares increase should be allowed, the proceeds of ticket sales will rise to

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Publisher

Springer US; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0049-4488)

Published

1982

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences